Court Opinion

ID: 9542587
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 16:36:09.773067+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:08:22.547792
License: Public Domain

Maupin, J.,
dissenting:
Despite the elegance with which the majority expresses its point, I believe the potential for logistical difficulties in obtaining search warrants, even in this “electronic age,” merits nonrigidity in the application of the one hour time limit. For example, whether in a remote area of our state, or within the congested confines of the Las Vegas valley, a police officer in a squad car will inevitably be at a loss to comply with the rule in some instances, with or without a mobile or land-based telephone. Also, I still believe that the court wrongfully decided the underlying issue, to wit: whether the contraband seized from appellant’s car should have been suppressed on Fourth Amendment grounds. See California v. Carney, 471 U.S. 386 (1985). Thus, I would fully rehear the matter.