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IL: Burglary call and open door justified entry by police

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Call to the police of a burglary in progress justified police entry into the defendant’s apartment when the police arrived and found the door open. People v. Ferral, 2009 Ill. App. LEXIS 1320 (December 23, 2009).* Defendant’s showing up at the scene of a suspected drug buy did not justify his search because he was completely unknown to the police and there were no facts suggesting that he was involved in the expected drug transaction that was going down. People v. Christmas, 2009 Ill. App. LEXIS 1318 (December 18, 2009).* Defense counsel’s agreeing with the facts recited by the trial court during the suppression hearing precludes arguing to the contrary on appeal. State v. Corbin, 2009 Ore. App. LEXIS 2139 (December 30, 2009)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on January 06, 2010 (boomark / email).