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While one of the officers was detaining petitioner, other
officers made a protective sweep of the house. In the course of
the sweep, the officers saw evidence that marijuana was being
cultivated. As a result, they secured from a local judicial
officer by telephone a search warrant that empowered them to
seize evidence of marijuana cultivation, documents showing who
exercised dominion and control of the premises, and documents
indicating sales or distribution of controlled substances.
Among the items the arresting officers seized were receipts
that showed petitioner had spent substantial amounts of cash
buying auto parts. These receipts demonstrated that petitioner,
whom they knew to be unemployed, nevertheless had plentiful cash
resources. This corroborated other evidence that petitioner was
making extensive marijuana sales for cash. In addition to the
seized documents, the officers seized a large number of live
marijuana plants and a motorcycle. They carried much of the
evidence back to headquarters in a van which they had brought
with them when they set out to make the arrest.
On September 25, 1997, petitioner pled guilty to marijuana
possession.
Respondent obtained copies of documents the officers had
seized when they arrested petitioner and ascertained that
petitioner had not filed 1991 through 1995 Federal income tax
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