Opinion ID: 2611058
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 11

Heading: Excessive execution of warrants involving seizures exceeding search authorizations.

Text: Defendant contends that the police exceeded their authority under the search warrants in seizing from his apartment the following items: a list of home addresses taken from newspaper funeral announcements, a rent receipt, carpet standards, a bath rug, a bath towel, a bath brush, a bath washrag, a red box with scales, a towel, and a purse containing red gloves and a flashlight. He further contends that the police similarly exceeded their authority in seizing a notebook, two knives, a crowbar, and carpet standards from his girlfriend's car. Defendant's essential claim is that the warrants, by specifically itemizing certain items, restricted seizure solely to those items and that the further seizure of any other physical evidence was not warranted. Only one of the items defendant challenges was introduced at trial against him: the rent receipt. His challenge to the rent receipt is meritless. The affidavit supporting the search warrant mentioned that defendant had used or was using an alias. The rent receipt was important to establish identity and to link defendant to the apartment, where incriminating evidence was found. The police acted within their scope of authority when they seized the rent receipt.