State v. Patrick’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “We find no merit in the claim that the ‘hold-up’ note should have been excluded from evidence as the fruit of an illegal arrest, that is to say, an arrest without warrant for a misdemeanor not commit ted in the presence of the arresting officers. When the critically wounded defendant was found by the officers, he was promptly taken to the hospital for medical assistance. It would be pointless to inquire whether defendant was under arrest. The search of his person was to establish his identity and was incident to hospital procedures rather than to an arrest. In this emergency, defendant was treated no differently than a helpless accident victim.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2009 Pa. Super. 41 - Commonwealth v. Johnson