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IN: Calling pharmacist to determine what pills seen during an inventory were was not a seizure

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Defendant stipulated (and there was) probable cause to believe that the defendant's car was involved in a crime and it was properly seized without a warrant. The search thereafter with a SW issued on that PC was valid. State v. Sells, 2009 Conn. App. LEXIS 52 (February 24, 2009).* The officer received a shots fired call without detail, and he responded and stopped the defendant based on the defendant's body language. The stop was without reasonable suspicion. People v. Linley, 2009 Ill. App. LEXIS 63 (February 11, 2009).* Calling a pharmacist to find out what a pill observed during an inventory was not a seizure. Opening the pill bottle was reasonable under the inventory policy as well under state law and the Fourth Amendment. The further step of finding out what it was was not unreasonable...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on February 28, 2009 (boomark / email).