People v. Fravel

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OUTCOME: Search upheld at trial level, reversed on appeal, police may not use pre-text of some unknown persons safety to gain entry into an apartment or justify a vehicle search as an inventory search prior to lawful impound

Police heard an alarm from a luxury SUV with two brand new jet skis. Finding no one with the vehicle they entered the apartment and had the super let them in where they located a great deal of newly pu ... rchased property. This was one of the early identity theft search and seizure cases.