Legal Opinion
State v. Moore
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided October 4, 1983No. WD 32966PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NUGENT, Judge.
Defendant was convicted by a jury of possession of marijuana, § 195.020,1 sentenced to thirty days in jail, and fined $500. He argues both that his warrantless arrest was unlawful and that the subsequent war-rantless search and seizure of evidence in his home was unlawful. We reverse.
At 1:30 a.m. on October 13,1980, Deputy Sheriff John Lucas of the Cass County Sheriff’s Department was sent to a residence in Belton, Missouri, to inform Mr. Richard Bailey, thought to reside therein, that his ear was on fire in a school parking lot. As he approached the house, Officer Lucas passed…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- United States v. RomanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- State v. WileySupreme Court of Missouri · 1975
- State v. OldsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1980
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Wilcox v. Director of RevenueMissouri Court of Appeals · 1992
- Ford v. City of Newport NewsCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1996
- State v. BowyerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
- State v. HallMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
- Howard v. McNeillMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
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