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State v. Crabtree

Citations

  • 655 S.W.2d 173
  • 1983 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 396

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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • defendant entitled to show police created mock burglary as excuse to make unauthorized entry and search of his busi ness
  • defendant entitled to show police created mock burglary as excuse to make unauthorized entry and search of his business
  • response to a burglar alarm; entry justified to determine if a burglar was in the building
  • response to a burglar alarm; entry justified to determine if a burglar was in the building
  • defendant entitled to present evidence to show that police created a mock bur glary as an excuse to make an unauthorized entry and search of his business
  • where trial court erroneously excluded evidence at the hearing on the motion to suppress, matter remanded for another hearing with instructions to grant a new trial if motion should then be granted

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Judges: Byers, Tatum, Cornelius

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