People v. Erwin

Opinion

SIMS, J.

On September 2, 1991, defendants Lee Corbett Erwin and Thomas N. Tanner burglarized a Payless Drug Store and made off with bank deposit bags containing approximately $14,000. However, unknown to them the bags contained a property tag, or electronic beeper, placed in the bags by Payless, which transmitted a signal thereby enabling officers to track the stolen property. The property was tracked to a motel room where the officers made warrantless entry, arrested defendants, and recovered the loot.

In the municipal court, defendants unsuccessfully moved to suppress evidence of their…