“The reliability of the informant’s tip did not need to be established before the officers knocked on the door [with their search warrant]. Once the door was opened and the officers were inside, Detective Zemlik observed contraband in plain view.” State v. Johnson, 994 So. 2d 595 (La. App. 5 Cir. 2008).*<\/p>\n
Officer was talking with defendant who was a bystander to an investigation in a house and asked defendant’s name, getting a false name. Under Oregon law, it was not a crime to give a false name because the defendant was under investigation for nothing at the time, but that led to finding a warrant on the defendant. The question of independent basis for the search incident to that arrest was not determined below, so the case is remanded. State v. Allen<\/a>, 191 P.3d 762 (Ore. App. 2008).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" b2evALnk.b2WPAutP Continue reading