The Kansas Court of Appeals has affirmed a district ruling in a Coffey County drug distribution case from two years ago.
Robert Brummett had appealed his convictions on two counts of drug distribution, saying district court was wrong to deny his motion to suppress evidence. Following a conversation Brummett allegedly had with two people and a request by Brummett for information on potential pill purchasers, a Coffey County deputy went to Brummett’s house on two separate occasions and purchased OxyContin. The deputy later developed a search warrant and made an arrest.
Brummett argued his Fourth Amendment rights regarding unreasonable search and seizure were violated, but both district court and the Court of Appeals said that was not the case because the deputy was acting like a member of the public and Brummett voluntarily let him into the house.
