Supreme Court Rules Your Curtilage is Sacred
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John Burns
Published: June 21st, 2018
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In a case we brought up here last January, Collins v Virginia, SCOTUS came down May 29 (sorry we missed it) in favor of Ryan Collins, whose privacy rights the justices agreed 8 to 1 were infringed when a police officer lifted a cover on a stolen motorcycle parked in Collins’ driveway.
The justices agreed that officers generally must steer clear of the area around a person’s house – its “curtilage” – unless they have a warrant or are invited onto the property. The majority said Monday those restrictions apply even when the target of the search is a vehicle that could easily be moved.
More here at Bloomberg.com.
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