STATE v. ZAPP

No. 15333.

701 P.2d 671 (1985)

108 Idaho 723

STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John ZAPP, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Idaho.

June 4, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Jones, Atty. Gen., Lynn E. Thomas, Sol. Gen., P. Mark Thompson, Deputy Atty. Gen., Boise, for plaintiff-appellant.

Larry D. Scott, Lynn, Scott & Hackney, Boise, for defendant-respondent.


BURNETT, Judge.

In this case we examine the constitutional limits of police authority to detain citizens and to search their belongings without warrants and without probable cause. The case comes to us on appeal by the state from an order suppressing evidence found in a warrantless search. We affirm the order.

John Zapp unexpectedly encountered the Boise police when he called at a friend's house one night. The friend, Zapp soon learned, had been arrested earlier...

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