The previous night there was a shootout in East St. Louis in defendant\u2019s neighborhood, some shots a block from defendant. Two people ended up in the hospital, neither associated with defendant\u2019s address. In investigating at defendant\u2019s house 2\u00bd hours later, police found shell casings and bullet holes in defendant\u2019s house and car and blood outside the door. A blood trail went up the back steps of defendant\u2019s house, and that made it reasonable to conclude that there could be a victim there. Therefore, the entry was valid. Observations from that entry made it into a search warrant. United States v. Paulette, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 101167 (S.D.Ill. August 3, 2015).<\/p>\n
There was plenty of information from other officers to show probable cause under the collective knowledge rule. United States v. Gonzalez, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 102321 (D.N.M. July 27, 2015).*<\/p>\n
The exit order to defendant to get out of the car was based on what can only be described as a furtive movement, and it was reasonable. Commonwealth v. Demirtshyan<\/a>, 2015 Mass. App. LEXIS 94 (August 5, 2015).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The previous night there was a shootout in East St. Louis in defendant\u2019s neighborhood, some shots a block from defendant. Two people ended up in the hospital, neither associated with defendant\u2019s address. In investigating at defendant\u2019s house 2\u00bd hours later, … Continue reading