In regards to Victor’s illegal arrest, it was held in Payton v. New York,(445 U.S. 573 1980), that a suspect should not be arrested in his house without an arrest warrant, even though there is probable cause to arrest him. The court’s decision was not to protect the person of the suspect but to protect his home from entry in the absence of a magistrate's finding of probable cause. The court held that Olson's warrantless arrest was illegal because he had a sufficient connection with the premises to be treated like a householder. Victor was simply hiding in his home, police officers had the ability to get an arrest warrant because they had video surveillance that victor was in fact the shooter and knew his where about after the shooting. The courts will up hold the unlawful arrest of victor because there was not an exigent circumstance, no evidence was being destroyed or any one being injured in the
In regards to Victor’s illegal arrest, it was held in Payton v. New York,(445 U.S. 573 1980), that a suspect should not be arrested in his house without an arrest warrant, even though there is probable cause to arrest him. The court’s decision was not to protect the person of the suspect but to protect his home from entry in the absence of a magistrate's finding of probable cause. The court held that Olson's warrantless arrest was illegal because he had a sufficient connection with the premises to be treated like a householder. Victor was simply hiding in his home, police officers had the ability to get an arrest warrant because they had video surveillance that victor was in fact the shooter and knew his where about after the shooting. The courts will up hold the unlawful arrest of victor because there was not an exigent circumstance, no evidence was being destroyed or any one being injured in the