Decided November 12, 1970. 16 Mich. App. 316 affirmed. Lloyd Ernest Tisi was convicted of murder in the second degree.
"The Michigan Appellate Courts have upheld this doctrine. People v. Tisi, 16 Mich. App. 316. "The articles found within plain view by the officers upon entering the home and the article found in the crawl space after observation of the Defendant Major are within this category."
This is the so-called "plain view doctrine" which has been repeatedly applied by Michigan Courts. People v. Tetts (1967), 6 Mich. App. 254; People v. McDonald (1968), 13 Mich. App. 226; People v. Tisi (1969), 16 Mich. App. 316. There was no error in admitting the pistol in evidence.
This is the so-called "plain view doctrine," which has been repeatedly applied by Michigan Courts. See People v. Orlando (1943), 305 Mich. 686; People v. Kuntze (1963), 371 Mich. 419; People v. Tetts (1967), 6 Mich. App. 254; People v. McDonald (1968), 13 Mich. App. 226; People v. Tisi (1969), 16 Mich. App. 316. The trial court, in ruling that defendant's shoes were admissible as evidence, relied on the doctrine here, considering it applicable to the facts presented.