State v. Eppley

CAMPBELL, Judge.

The defendants contend that it was error to admit into evidence the articles found in the search of the river cabin occupied by defendants because the search was conducted without a warrant. Defendants argue that the State relied upon the doctrine of recent possession to prove its case and that the State should not therefore be permitted to deny that defendants had possession of the cabin and were entitled to the protection of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Defendants maintain that if they had possession of the articles sufficient to invoke the…