Cantrell v. State

Phipps, Judge.

Two police officers conducted a nonconsensual, warrantless search of Damond Cantrell. Even though the trial court found the search to be lacking in probable cause, it denied Cantrell’s motion to suppress cocaine found during the search. The court based its decision on Cantrell’s waiver of Fourth Amendment rights in a bond order entered in a prior case. Because the officers in this case were not even aware of the bond order, and because the trial court did not follow required procedures in taking judicial notice of it, we reverse.

Cantrell was charged with possession of cocaine,…