Bishop v. Commonwealth

OPINION

VANMETER, Judge.

As a general rule, warrantless searches are unreasonable unless they fall into one of the exceptions to the warrant requirement. The issue we must resolve is whether the Madison Circuit Court erred when it denied Lewis Bishop’s motion to suppress evidence of a methamphetamine laboratory found in the trunk of his car. We hold that it did not, and therefore affirm.

On January 4, 2006, Officer Jake Reed of the Berea Police Department received information from Anthony Kelley that Bishop had stolen a license plate from a vehicle belonging to Kelley’s mother. Kelley also…