Court Opinion

ID: 9644534
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 20:58:53.912397+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:14.428411
License: Public Domain

*49SPAETH, Judge,
concurring.
I agree with most of what is said in Judge LIPEZ’s opinion, and therefore join in the order granting a new trial. I wish, however, to note one reservation.
The opinion “assume[s] arguendo that there was no arrest for possession of a controlled substance.” Majority opinion at 1046. I am uneasy with this assumption, for I find it unnecessary. The facts show that there was such an arrest. I agree with Judge LIPEZ that the arrest was unlawful because it was not based on probable cause. Therefore, the search incident to the arrest was also unlawful, and the fruits of that search must be suppressed.
As I see it, the difference between Gustafson and Robinson, on the one hand, and this case, on the other, is that in Gustafson and Robinson the arrest was lawful.