Horton vs. California

Horton v. California

Facts:

Horton was convicted on armed robbery charges by the lower courts. A police officer had probable cause that Horton had committed the robbery. He proceeded to further investigate him and obtained a search warrant by the state, which had the following restriction that the officer could search, the defendants’ home for only the proceeds of the robbery. The investigation began, while searching Horton’ s home the police officer came across the weapons used at the time of the robbery and seized them. However, the weapons seized would put into e...