Court Opinion

ID: 9716878
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 06:53:10.010765+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:49.634934
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SHEPARD, Chief Justice,
dissenting.
Symptomatic of the majority’s treatment of the Fourth Amendment in this case is its flat declaration: “An arrest without a warrant is permissible if, at the time of the arrest, the arresting officer had probable cause to believe the defendant had committed a felony.” The subsequent suggestion is virtually that warrants are a good idea “when practical” and that they are “impractical” whenever police believe that a suspect is inside a dwelling.
I regret that such views have achieved a majority in this appeal, but I regard the opinion as a rogue, far enough outside the mainstream of Fourth Amendment jurisprudence that it will not serve as precedent.
DeBRULER, J., joins in this dissent.