Search & Seizure – Probable Cause – Cocaine In Lottery Slip

By Deborah Elkins
Published: February 9, 2009

Police lacked probable cause to arrest defendant for possession of cocaine found on the ground on a folded lottery slip, and the Court of Appeals reverses defendant’s cocaine possession conviction and remands the case. When the police officer encountered defendant and a companion, defendant was holding an open container of alcohol and the other man was ...

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