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OH applies Hudson to failure to announce

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

CI's information about meth manufacturing on defendant's premises was sufficiently corroborated to show probable cause. The officer's failure to knock-and-announce did not warrant suppression under Hudson. State v. Macke, 2008 Ohio 1888, 2008 Ohio App. LEXIS 1618 (12th Dist. April 21, 2008).* Louisiana refuses to create broader constitutional protection for a search incident of a vehicle that would be valid under the Fourth Amendment. State v. Erroll, 2008 La. App. LEXIS 576 (4th Cir. April 16, 2008).* Defendant did not properly raise a suppression issue of physical evidence seized by consent from him in his homicide case, but it would have failed even if raised because the defendant's statements were all voluntary, as was the seizure of evidence (inked shoe impressions, photographs of clothing, keno tickets from his wallet)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on April 24, 2008 (boomark / email).