Rhoades v. State

David Newbern, Judge.

The main question presented is whether the trial court erred in admitting into evidence marijuana seized at the time the appellants were arrested. That issue centers upon the decision in Lewis v. United States, 385 U.S. 206, 87 S. Ct. 424 (1966), and the problem presented when an undercover police agent obtains entry into a suspect’s home by ruse, and the entry results in the seizure of contraband. The state has asked us to extend the rationale of the Lewis case. There, an arrest occurred as a result of analysis of contraband which was pursued and carried away by an…