People v. White

My reading of the record discloses facts which fully support the holdings of the trial court that the arrest was legal and that the evidence sought to be suppressed was within the "clear view” of the officer who seized it.

A peace officer may arrest without a warrant, "when he has reasonable cause to believe that a felony has been committed and reasonable cause to believe that such person has committed it;”, MCLA 764.15(d); MSA 28.874(d).. This statutory provision was before the Supreme Court in People v Harper, 365 Mich 494 (1962). At pages 500, 501, speaking to the determination of the…