Opinion ID: 3042966
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: conclusion

Text: The police arrived at the home of Theresa Scaife and Tylan Lucas and used an administrative arrest warrant that concededly did not pass Payton v. New York constitutional muster to enter, arrest and search Lucas. The court, acting upon new theories advanced in the petition for rehearing en banc, finds these acts to be constitutional. In doing so, the court offers a series of inapposite and distinguishable cases supposedly authorizing this entry because the administrative warrant was constitutionally sufficient or because Lucas had a limited expectation of privacy in his home as a result of his escape status. This is error. Lucas is not a model citizen. And it is almost certain that a valid warrant would have been issued by a neutral and detached magistrate, if requested, making the requirement seem but a technicality. Nonetheless, even escapees have the right to expect the benefits of the rule of law. These benefits were denied him by the Omaha Police Department and are being denied him by the court en banc today. The evidence at issue should be suppressed. I dissent. ______________________________ -51- __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ -52-