{"id":2137,"date":"2009-12-25T08:09:20","date_gmt":"2008-06-08T16:11:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-08T16:11:21","slug":"en-US","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=2137","title":{"rendered":"Plain view permitted officer to reach in to seize drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meth was in plain view when the officer stopped the defendant for a traffic offense. The Court of Appeals erred in holding that the officer could not reach in to seize the meth because it was subject to theft or tampering. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supremecourt.nm.org.\/cgi-bin\/dnloadit.cgi\/slipopinions\/SC30,381.html\">State v. Bomboy<\/a>, 2008 NMSC 29, 144 N.M. 151, 184 P.3d 1045 (2008).*<\/p>\n<p>Informant&#8217;s statements of a marijuana grow operation were corroborated by a trash pull at defendant&#8217;s residence where marijuana stems were found. There was no expectation of privacy in the trash left out for collection. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sconet.state.oh.us\/rod\/docs\/pdf\/5\/2008\/2008-ohio-2643.pdf\">State v. McGorty<\/a>, 2008 Ohio 2643, 2008 Ohio App. LEXIS 2229 (5th Dist. June 2, 2008).*<\/p>\n<p>IAC claim fails on search issue because defendant&#8217;s girlfriend had the right to consent. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nycourts.gov\/reporter\/3dseries\/2008\/2008_03804.htm\">People v. Orsini<\/a>, 2008 NY Slip Op 3804, 50 A.D.3d 1541; 855 N.Y.S.2d 793 (4th Dept. 2008).*<\/p>\n<p>Defendant signed a consent form in Spanish and further indicated his consent, so his consent was valid. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aoc.state.nc.us\/www\/public\/coa\/opinions\/2008\/071560-1.htm\">State v. Doe<\/a>, 190 N.C. App. 723, 661 S.E.2d 272 (2008).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>b2evALnk.b2WPAutP <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=2137\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"pingsdone","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}