Legal Opinion
Sanders v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided December 19, 1977No. CR 77-171PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
George Howard, Jr., Justice.
The fundamental inquiry to be made by the Court in this case is whether or not the warrantless search of appellant’s suitcase by Little Rock Police officers is reasonable under the circumstances involved.
FACTS
Appellant, Lonnie James Sanders, was charged by information by the Prosecuting Attorney of the Sixth Judicial District with possession of a controlled substance (marijuana) with intent to deliver in violation of Act 590 of 1971, as amended.
The charge was the culmination of an intensive surveillance of appellant by the Little Rock Police Department, hereafter…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. ChadwickSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Perez v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1976
- Tygart v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1970
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3Cited by48 opinions
- United States v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Arkansas v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. George OchsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Ronald SchleisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Dennis Michael Johnson, and Stephen Arthur BaldwinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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