State v. Van Meter

DONOFRIO, Judge.

On April 5, 1967, in search of marijuana, three Tempe police officers armed with a search warrant entered a Tempe apartment where the defendant Frank David Van Meter, Jr. and his roommate resided. Officer Douglas handed defendant the search warrant and sought his cooperation in finding the marijuana. He was not advised of his constitutional rights. Defendant then showed the officers a bag of marijuana located in a cabinet in the living room of the apartment. The officers, on their own, searched the apartment and found cigarette butts containing traces of marijuana, a pipe…