McCrea v. State

This is a search and seizure case involving the search of a person arrested as a result of being mistakenly identified as another person for whom the arresting officer had an arrest warrant.

In order to arrest a person named Johns, for whom they had an arrest warrant, law enforcement officers were watching a residence where they believed Johns was living with his girlfriend. A man drove up wear*1358ing a baseball cap and sunglasses. The officers arrested the man and the search incidental to his arrest revealed his possession of a controlled substance. It also revealed that the man was not Johns but…