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IN: Looking in car in driveway with a flashlight when looking for the defendant during a community caretaking function was not unreasonable search

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Reasonable suspicion supported the search of defendant’s truck on the parking lot of a school for possession of drugs. The officer verified as much detail as he could from the anonymous tip, and he saw what appeared to be marijuana when he looked through the window. People v. Perreault, 2010 Mich. LEXIS 912 (May 21, 2010), revg 287 Mich. App. 168, 2010 Mich. App. LEXIS 94 (January 19, 2010). Defendant and his cohorts pushing a wheeled city trash can down the sidewalk at 2:30 a.m. on a non-trash day was reasonable suspicion in light of a city ordinance against anybody other than the city to pick up trash. People v. Edward, 2010 Ill. App. LEXIS 570 (June 11, 2010).* Officers arrested defendant’s wife on outstanding warrants. The officers tried to find her husband to take their child...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on June 19, 2010 (boomark / email).