Legal Opinion
STATE of Tennessee v. Marcus RICHARDS
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided July 10, 2009No. M2006-02179-SC-R11-CDPublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · LeeSharon G. Lee, J.
in which JANICE M. HOLDER, C.J., CORNELIA A. CLARK, and GARY R. WADE, JJ., joined. WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., J., filed a dissenting opinion.
The issue presented in this case is whether evidence seized from the Defendant’s person following a warrantless search should have been suppressed or, conversely, whether the search was justified as a search incident to lawful arrest. After receiving a tip from a citizen informant that three individuals were involved in drug activity around a picnic table in the backyard of a house, police officers were dispatched to the scene and found the three…
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