Pearson+v.+Callahan

In a home in Utah, the Central Narcotics task force sent and informant to purchase meth from a known dealer they were trying to catch. After calling, a agent went to Afton Callahans (drug dealer) home to make the purchase. After making the purchase the worker signaled for other members of the task force to follow up and search the house with out a warrant. The task forces claims the victim consented that he could come inside before he signaled for the follow up and had other men raid his home. Callahan was charged with distributing and possesing methamphetamines however in the courts in Utah they reversed is conviction which lead to the case going to the Supreme court. This case is an example of Reasonable belief in the task force teams eyes because even if they didn't have everything they needed to conduct a search, they knew illegal activity was going to happen and one of them witnessed it.

The majority opinion was that the task force team didn't violate any rights because they were qualifiedly immune in the search, saying that it never was brought to the court so they can't get in trouble for it. There was enough facts and evidence to have the search after he gave the consent of the one police officer to come in.

The minority opinion is that Afton Callahan is to be fully charged with everything. The court didn't agree with him saying the cops violated his 4th amendment right because he told the first officer he could come inside whether he knew the man was a police officer or not.