Baby's accidental phone call lands dad in jail

[nowhereman 1]

Given the situation I think the guy could get the charges thrown out or at least get a plea bargain.

[mawilson 2,133]

I am not sure if the man invited or allowed the officer's into the house.

You didn't read the article, did you?

[Donald-n-Analyn 6]

I am not sure if the man invited or allowed the officer's into the house.

You didn't read the article, did you?

Ummmm, I did, but by the time I got around to posting I had totally forgot that the cops entered when there was no answer.

You know what they say about the effects of smoking pot... The first thing to go is your short term memory, and then.... #######, I forget what the second thing is. B)

Peace!

[The_Dude 1,142]

From the article, I got that the police ascertained first that the source of the 911 call was the baby pushing on the buttons on a cordless phone. If they had made that conclusion, wouldn't a subsequent search be out of line? If there were no visible signs of paraphenalia, and a benign cause for the call, there was no real justification for the search. But then again, a vast majority of this entire discussion is based around U.S. law, and this is Canada. It may or may not even pertain.

[Caladan 19]

A 911 call would give them probable cause, I think, in most U.S. jurisdictions.

[The_Dude 1,142]

A 911 call would give them probable cause, I think, in most U.S. jurisdictions.

Not if they entered the house and saw an infant playing with a cordless phone and deduced that this was the source of the 911 call and subsequent hang up.