State v. Crossen

Under circumstances not necessary to be detailed in this opinion, two police officers were properly in a house, where defendant was visiting, at approximately 5 o’clock in the morning. They had no search warrant. The defendant was seated at a table. He was asked to produce identification and while a radio check with police headquarters was being made to determine if defendant was wanted, one of the officers noted a cigarette package in front of defendant on the table. Among the cigarettes in the package was one appearing to be hand-rolled, which the officer thought to be a marihuana…