Hutchinson Vs. R : Court Of Criminal Appeal

In summary, on 10/13/16 at 1949 hours I assisted Sgt. Wilson # 131 at 2209 S. Cicero Ave. (White Castle) with a drug investigation (hand to hand drug transaction). Ofc. Tomko #285, Babczak #293 and Pacione #269 on the scene.

When police investigated the couples Los Angeles home, they found a prescription bottle tha was missing the outside label which held

Maryland police officers pulled a vehicle over for speeding at approximately 3am on 7 August 1999. The police officers found three men in the vehicle. The driver was Donte Partlow, the front seat passenger and defendant Joseph Pringle, and the backseat passenger Otis Smith. One of the police officers asked the owner and driver of the vehicle for his license and registration. When Partlow opened the glove box, the police officer observed a large amount of money in the glove box. The police officer checked for outstanding warrants and issued Partlow a warning. Then the officer asked for permission to search his vehicle. Upon searching the vehicle the police officer found the money he had seen earlier as well as five baggies of cocaine in-between the armrest and back seat. All three occupants in the vehicle were questioned and denied any knowledge or ownership of the cocaine. Subsequently all three men were arrested and brought back to the police station for questioning. Pringle waived his rights after being given a Miranda warning and confessed that the cocaine was his and he intended to sell it. He claimed that the other occupants in the vehicle had no knowledge of the drugs. At trial, Pringle moved to suppress his confession, claiming that it was the result of an illegal arrest. The court denied his motion, and

On Monday August 08, 2016 I, Detective K. Holland #636 began reviewing this case file. The three listed suspects, Ramon Alvarado, Jose Blancas, and Hector Gatica were believed to be involved with burglarizing vehicles prior to their arrest. Since their arrest, victims had come forwards to report their vehicle was burglarized. Property belonging to Malinda Sims, (a Samsung cell phone), was returned to her by Officer Acosta. Sims also reported that $80-$100 was stolen from her vehicle. Officer Weaver advised that there was still electronic equipment inside the Dodge Avenger that was located at Brownwood Towing. A search warrant was sought for the Avenger, and it was signed by Judge Sam Moss. The search of the vehicle was occurred on 08/08/16

SUMMARY OF THE FACTS: An anonymous letter was sent to the Police Department of Bloomingdale. The letter included specific details involving a husband and wife. The letter stated that they were going to traffic drugs from Florida to Illinois. The police officer followed up on the tip and the defendants validated the allegations that were made. The police obtained a search warrant and found drugs, weapons and other contraband in the defendants’ home and automobile.

Facts: August 7, 1999, a car occupied by three men, Donte Partlow (driver and owner of vehicle) accused Pringle (front seat passenger), and Otis Smith riding in the back seat, were ultimately pulled over by a police officer for driving over the speed limit. Upon the officer approaching the vehicle, he asked to see Partlow’s license and registration, and as the defendant opened his glovebox, a fairly large sum of money was exposed in the amount of $763. The officer then returned to his patrol car to check Parlow’s license to ensure he had no warrants of anything outstanding, Partlow came out clear, so he issued Partlow a verbal warning. Upon arrival of the second officer he asked if they minded he search the vehicle, Partlow had no issues and agreed to the search. The police not only found the $763 in the glove compartment but also five glassine Baggies of cocaine stashed behind the backseat armrest. The officers questioned the men as to who the cash and drugs belong too, none of them took ownership, the officers advised them that if no one claim the drugs and cash as theirs, they all would be arrested and charged. So, all three were arrested and taken to jail. Later on, in the morning Pringle decided he would waived his Miranda rights, then made a full verbal and written admission that the cash and drugs were his

Good morning, my names is Yaquelin Madrigal and the two gentleman at my left are Dr. Lee and Mr. Right. Today, we are going to discuss the of case Mr. Mario. A man who could have indanger innocent people because of his act. He was arrested after being stop by the Phoenix police department on November 15. After the individual was stop, the officer smelled an alcohol oder comming from Mario's mouth. He was arrested for a DUI. But, what happen when the officers search the car? They found an amount methamphemine. This would have add to Mario's sentence.

On 1/3/2017, in Durango 3 multipurpose room located at 3225 W Gibson Lane Phoenix AZ 85009 at around 1430 hours, I opened two envelopes marked legal in the presence of the addressed Inmates. In the envelope for Inmate Hernandez, Jacob T237725 3 small bags filled with a white powdery substance were discovered. In the envelope for Inmate Reiley, Tristan T312523 cigarette rolling papers and matches were found.

The Federal District court denied this motion to suppress the block of methamphetamine and prosecuted Bond finding him guilty of conspiracy to possess and possession with intent to distribute. Moreover, Bond challenged the judgment made on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on grounds that the court should have granted his motion to suppress the evidence since it was a violation of his right under the Fourth Amendment and because as per the petitioner, Bond, the officer had manipulated the bag in a way that other passengers would not have. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected his argument and affirmed the lower court’s

During the search incident to warrant arrest, a glass pipe which is commonly used for smoking Methamphetamine was found on the drivers seat. At this time Brandon was escorted to Officer W. Hammon's patrol vehicle, and placed in the prisoner compartment. Brandon was transported to the Delta County Jail, where he was booked for drug possession charges.

I made contact with the driver and requested a driver's license and insurance. The driver was unable to provide a driver license or insurance. He provided a State of Illinois Identification Card with the name of Rivera, Alejandro DOB 10/09/98. Rivera was checked through LEADS which revealed he had a driver's permit with no wants or warrants. While speaking with Alejandro I detected an odor of cannabis emanating from inside the vehicle. Alejandro related that there was cannabis underneath the passenger seat hidden in an ArmorAll container. At this time Alejandro turned over a ArmorAll container with two (2) small blue plastic bags containing cannabis (4.0 grams). There was also a half rolled cigar paper containing cannabis, cigar paper, and cigar inside the container. The two (2) passengers in the vehicle were identified as Martinez, Jose L. DOB 05/25/99 and Saavedra, Angel I. DOB 11/22/98. They were checked through LEADS which revealed no record. Jose and Angel were in the closest proximity to the container with the cannabis.

Rule: ‘“While in some of the cases cited and relied upon by the Commonwealth lesser amounts of drugs were in issue, there was evidence in addition to the drugs themselves which was susceptible of an inference of the intent to distribute and which was inconsistent with the notion of personal use.’ Commonwealth v. Wooden, 13 Mass.App.Ct. 417, 423–424, 433 N.E.2d 1234 (1982).” Com. v. Ahart, 63 Mass.App.Ct. 413 (2005)

Two years earlier, a U.S. Park Police officer ceased an auto without a front tag and said he noticed pot smoke before seeing torn stogie papers and a sack containing a green substance through the auto's windows. A warrantless trunk look then uncovered 62 grams of rocks and in real money.

A muddy shoe print was use to link an unnamed man who was on the run from the police to his vehicle which was carrying 3 ½ pounds of marijuana. Police detective Chad Larner attempted to pull over this man in a Mazda for speeding but he would not stop. The man was eventually able to lose Larner. He then parked the car, got out and tried to hide. The police later found the car and found the man two blocks away. He attempted to bribe a young woman to walk with him by saying that he would give her $40. The woman told the police that he told her that he was in a police chase in which he was not the driver and he was trying to hide from the police. When the police searched the car they found four bags of the 3 ½ pounds of marijuana. The police also

Elliott Watson was arrested for the possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute said illegal drug. Elliott Watson was stopped by Officer Timothy Johnson because of faulty mechanical problems of Elliot Watson’s vehicle, which was sputtering and stalling out, and the vehicle also fit the description of a vehicle, a sports coupe, that had earlier, was used to kidnap a three year old young girl, Wanda Jones,