The complainant pleaded guilty to possession of a pistol during the incident. A finding that the appellant and his codefendants were the aggressors is inconsistent with the fact they called the police and remained on the scene until their arrival.…
A confidential informant entered a suspected drug dealer’s apartment in order to purchase crack cocaine. Once the transaction was completed, the confidential informant signaled an undercover officer who then radioed uniformed police to the suspect’s apartment. Once officers responded to the scene, they approached the door of the apartment and encountered a strong odor of burning marijuana. Officers then announced their presence while knocking on the apartment door. Once the announcement of “police” was made, the officers then heard shuffling noises inside of the apartment that were consistent with the sound of evidence being destroyed. Officers then announced their intent to enter the apartment and then kicked in the door. Once inside the apartment, the officers found drugs and drug paraphernalia in plain view. Inside of the apartment, officers apprehended the respondent, King, and others, who were in possession of drugs.…
On March 7th, 1980, two high school freshman were found smoking in the bathroom at Piscataway High School in Middlesex County, NJ. The students were escorted to the vice principal Mr. Choplick’s office. The defendant, TLO, who was one of the students that were caught smoking denied the accusation. Mr. Choplick inspected TLO’s purse and found a box of cigarettes. Afterward removing the box of cigarettes, he saw a pack of rolling papers. Mr. Choplick suspected that a closer examination of the purse may yield evidence of drug use and that a thorough inspection would be needed. After a thorough search, he found a small amount of marijuana, a pipe, a number of empty plastic bags, a large amount one dollar bills, an index card with a list of who…
Facts: Police officers were in pursuit of a suspected drug dealer, and were led to an apartment complex. The officers ended up outside of a certain apartment, were the smell of marijuana emanated. The police knocked loudly, and from inside the apartment they heard movement, and the police believed that the sounds were an indication that evidence was being destroyed. The police announced their intent to enter the apartment, kicked the door down to find drugs and drug paraphernalia in plain sight, and arrested King and others. They continued to search the apartment and came across other evidence. King argued that due to the officers not having a warrant…
In Minnesota vs. Timothy Dickerson, two police officers parked in an unmarked car, outside of an apartment building known for trafficking contraband substances, did willfully and knowingly stop and frisk respondent due to suspicious and evasive behavior, exiting the twelve-unit apartment building. The officers felt that upon his exit and approach towards patrol car, and eye contact with one of the officers, he turned and proceeded into a side alley. Officers then pursued respondent feeling his suspicious and evasive behavior was probable of being criminal in nature. They pulled their car into the alley and immediately stopped and searched the defendants outer clothing finding no weapons. During the cursory search one officer testified that he had felt a cellophane bag containing crack cocaine later when weighed a total of 1/5th of a gram was found. The officers claimed it within their scope to search and seize what the officer suspected to be drugs inside the defendants clothing.…
A person was wanted for questioning about a recent bombing; this person was hiding in a two-family dwelling. Mapp, the owner on the top floor, refused to let the officers come in without a search warrant. After Mapp refused to immediately let the officers in they broke the door’s glass open and then unlocked and opened the door from the outside. Mapp’s attorney showed up, but the officers wouldn’t let him see his client or go inside the house. Mapp demanded the search warrant. The officer help up a paper claiming to be the warrant and Mapp put the apper in her bosom. Then the officer struggled to retrieve the paper, which he eventually recovered. Mapp was handcuffed for resisting the officer. The officer searched the entire house but all that was recovered was “lwed and lascivious book and pictures”. She was then convicted for having them in her possession.…
This case involves the suspect being arrested for H&S 11377(a)-Possession of Methamphetamine, H&S 11364(a)-Possession of drug paraphernalia and PC 148(a)(1)-Resisting/Delaying a Peace Officer.…
Facts: On May 23rd, 1957, three Cleveland police officers arrived at the home of Mrs. Mapp with information that ‘a person was hiding out in the home, who was wanted for questioning in connection with a recent bombing, and that there was a large amount of policy paraphernalia being hidden in the home’. Mrs. Mapp and her daughter lived on the top floor of the two-family dwelling. Upon their arrival at that house, the officers knocked on the door and demanded entrance but Mrs. Map telephoned her attorney who told her not to let them in without a search warrant. Three hours later more officers arrived and they again sought entrance into the home. When she didn’t come to the door immediately at least one of several doors was forced open and the policemen gained admittance. She demanded to see a search warrant and the officers flashed a piece of paper in which she grabbed and put in her blouse. A struggle ensued and she was arrested. Officers entered the home and found the obscene materials. Mrs. Mapp was convicted of knowingly having had in her possession and under her control certain lewd and lascivious books and pictures unlawfully seized during an unlawful search of the defendant’s home.…
3. The relatively small amount of cocaine metabolites found in the bloodstream indicates that this was either a first time use of cocaine or at least the first use of cocaine in several weeks. Can you tell in other ways if the deceased was a regular user or a one-time user? Can family be trusted to give accurate information about a loved one’s drug use?…
Chris Finish is a licensed driver who has owned his car for about six months. On the night of his arrest, he picked up Josh Kings at approximately 8:00 p.m. While double parked outside a store 24 police notice an expired inspection sticker on the defendants vehicle. the officer stopped them at approximately 10:30 p.m. After questions them for a bit the officer notices a handgun under the passenger seat. Both men denied any knowledge of the gun. The defendants lawyer moved for a directed verdict, The motion was denied, Chris is now appealing his conviction. John Kings has not been seen sense the night of the arrest.…
Robinette was stopped for speeding. After running his license through the system, Robinette was issued a verbal warning from the officer. The officer then asked Robinette to step out of the car and if any illegal weapons or drugs was in the vehicle. Robinette responded “no” and consented to the officer’s request to search the vehicle. A small amount of marijuana and a MDMA pill was found in the car. Robinette was then arrested.…
INTRODUCTION OF THE ISSUES: Police officers were called to Mr. Smith’s residency regarding a noise violation on February 4th, 2007. Officers observed the occupants, including Mr. Jonathon Blake, through the large front window of the dwelling engaged in activity that appeared to the officers as smoking marijuana. They also witnessed Mr. Blake hand over a small plastic baggie filled with suspected cocaine to another occupant. The officers were granted access to the home by Mr. Smith and noticed what appeared to be a shotgun between the couch cushions. Further inspection of the residence revealed three additional guns. Mr. Blake had a large amount of suspected marijuana and cocaine and $400 on his person. Mr. Blake is being charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance, Distribution of a Controlled Substance, and Possession of an Unregistered Firearm. It is in my professional opinion that the seized drugs are admissible to the court as evidence but the guns however, are not.…
Detective Lisa Ivory swears under oath that the facts expressed by her in this search warrant and Affidavit. and in the attached and incorporated statement of probable cause are true and that based thereon, she has probable cause to believe that property and/or person described below is lawfully seizable pursuant to Penal Code Section 1524 as indicated below, and is how located set forth below. Wherefore,…
On Friday July 31st 2015 at approximately 11:55pm, I Karl O’Brian Dent Sr. Badge # 920, A Sworn Peace Officer operating under the authority entrusted in me by the Cripple Creek Police Department, County of Teller, State of Colorado for an Agency Assist requested by the Teller County Sheriff’s Department at 11235 Independence Avenue, Goldfield Colorado 80860. While in route I was advised by dispatch that I would be meeting with Deputy A to assist with finding and apprehending Mr. Rock Star DOB 11/15/1981. Dispatch advised me that Mr. Star was a Native American male wearing blue jeans, black shoes and no wearing a shirt. I was also advised by dispatch that the victim was a Caucasian female Ms. Red Bull DOB 10/07/1987 and was wearing a blue short, white t - shirt and flip flops. I arrived at 11235 Independence Avenue, Goldfield Colorado 80860 Saturday August 01st 2015 at approximately 00:21am…
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