OH6: Marijuana on the seat of an unattended running suspicious car was in plain view

Officers received an anonymous call about a specific suspicious car on a parking lot potentially involved in drug trade. They didn’t see it then, but found it parked and unattended with the engine running nearby. An officer shined his flashlight inside and saw marijuana packaged for sale on the seat in plain view. The motion to suppress was properly denied. State v. McLaughlin, 2014-Ohio-1150, 2014 Ohio App. LEXIS 1084 (6th Dist. March 21, 2014).*

Defendant’s motion to reopen the suppression hearing to attempt to show alibi as a reason there was no probable cause to arrest is denied. That still doesn’t undermine the probable cause to arrest. United States v. Johnson, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39152 (E.D. Ark. March 25, 2014),* R&R 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39149 (E.D. Ark. January 16, 2014).*

Defendant consented to a search of his bedroom that revealed multiple firearms. He pled. Then he filed a motion to withdraw the plea without disassociating himself from the guns. The motion was properly denied. State v. Douglas, 2014 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 263 (March 25, 2014).*