Adam Eugene Lane, Appellant v. State of Arkansas, Appellee — Womack, J., Concurring

Summary

Justice Womack concurred in affirming the denial of Lane's motion to suppress and motion in limine, but would have resolved the search issue on the ground that Lane's parolee status eliminated the constitutional knock-and-announce requirement. He reasoned that parolees are legal inmates with substantially diminished Fourth Amendment privacy rights and that Lane voluntarily consented to parole conditions authorizing the search. The majority instead held that the knock-and-announce requirement applied and separately addressed the exclusionary rule.