STATE v. PATTERSON

Nos. 39182, 39205.

220 N.W.2d 235 (1974)

192 Neb. 308

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Joseph PATTERSON, a/k/a Joseph Thomas, Appellant. STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Charles WALKER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

July 18, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Bruce Teichman, Verdigre, for appellants.

Clarence A. H. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Ralph H. Gillan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellee.

Heard before SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, NEWTON, CLINTON and BRODKEY, JJ.


CLINTON, Justice.

The principal question involved on these appeals is whether without a warrant the entry and search of an apartment where the crime of possessing a controlled substance, heroin, with intent to deliver, distribute, or dispense, was being committed and where the arrests on the charge took place, were lawful because justified by the circumstances and therefore not unreasonable. Upon this determination rests the correctness of the decision of the lower...

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