People v. Harris

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

information provided in the application for the warrant to search defendant’s apartment to justify the issuance of that warrant.

Before the detective opened the mailbox, he had discovered lawfully that the occupant of a certain apartment owned the keys found near the victim’s body and that these keys fit the defendant’s mailbox. This information, together with the other incriminating evidence acquired before and unrelated to the opening of the mailbox, was sufficient to support the lawful issuance of a warrant to conduct the search of the defendant’s apartment…