People v. McGill
Supreme Court of Colorado
1DissentJustice Erickson
I respectfully dissent. In my view, probable cause existed to *72obtain a warrant to search for and seize the marijuana plant, but only the bald suspicion of Officer Lambert supported the search for narcotics, narcotics paraphernalia, and amphetamines. Accordingly, I would affirm the trial court’s ruling that there was probable cause to search for and seize the plant and would concur in the trial court’s finding and ruling that probable cause did not exist to obtain a search warrant or to make an exploratory search of the entire apartment for anything else.
On the day that the search was made,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Leary v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. Francisco Artieri and Hiram Reyes GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
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