People v. Gallagher

Defendant owns and operates an auto-collision repair shop in Lincoln Park, Michigan. He would buy, fix and sell wrecked cars as a part of that business.

On September 30, 1971, a doctor’s 1971 green Cadillac sedan was stolen from a hospital parking lot in Lincoln Park. The next day a Lincoln Park detective got an anonymous telephone tip that two stolen Cadillacs were at defendant’s shop. He notified the lieutenant and together they went to investigate. The lieutenant was formerly defendant’s brother-in-law, but their relationship remained cordial.

The detective and the lieutenant entered…