People v. Petty

Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of retail theft and sentenced to 2 years. Plain-view doctrine applies, and court properly denied Defendant's motion to quash arrest and suppress UPC labels seized from Defendant's car. Officers could draw inference from totality of information available to them that UPC labels were related to recent theft. Officers were investigating Defendant for possible retail theft, but soon discovered he was driving without valid license and initiated traffic stop, and had reason to believe that a more serious crime had occurred. (NEVILLE and MASON, concurring.)