Nekruta v. State

Referring to Laning on Criminal Law, page 705, it is held that an officer was not justified in searching the residence where the pursuit and arrest was in connection with the possession of counterfeit money, and in State vs Andrew, 91 W. Va. 720, 114 S. E. 257, the same ruling was made.

In United States vs Slusser, 270 Fed. 818, it was held:

“A search that is unlawful when it begins is not lawful when it ends by the discovery and seizure of intoxicating liquor or other property being used unlawfully. It was against such prying on the chance of discovery that the constitutional amendment was…