Court Opinion

ID: 9558694
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 17:15:40.850945+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:09:31.060613
License: Public Domain

BRYNER, Chief Judge,
with whom ANDREWS, Judge, joins, concurring.
As this court’s opinion recognizes, the independent source doctrine, as adopted by a majority of the Supreme Court in United States v. Segura, 468 U.S. 796, 104 S.Ct. 3380, 82 L.Ed.2d 599 (1984), is inapplicable here because the unlawful entry and search in this case impinged upon Lewis’ right to privacy and because the police relied on information gained from their unlawful conduct to secure the challenged search warrant. For this reason, it is unnecessary to determine whether the dissenting view in Segura should be followed as a matter of state constitutional law. I would leave the decision of that important constitutional issue — which the parties here have not addressed — to a case in which it is squarely presented. In all other respects, I join in the court’s opinion.