State v. Tan Le

While investigating a residential burglary call, a police officer saw a young Asian male exiting the front door of the home. Officers gave chase but were unable to locate or track the suspect. Soon thereafter, acting on a tip, officers forcibly entered the home of Tan Le and arrested him without a search warrant or an arrest warrant. The first officer was called to Le’s residence and there identified Le as the suspect she had seen fleeing the scene of the crime approximately three hours earlier. The trial court suppressed all physical evidence discovered in Le’s home as fruits of an illegal…