LAW 605 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Curtilage, Implied License, Police Dog
23 Dec 2019
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Case #8: police come up front steps, front door has glass, they knocked, and then they started peering through door/press face against glass. Look into house and see evidence: violate jardines, no expect people to do this, what if police walk down porch and look through window, harder make an argument either way. Case #8a: what if sign on driveway and on front door that says, trespassing for any purpose is strictly prohibited. Case #9: police dog sniff apartment hall w/ landlord"s ok. dog alerts on door 204. Police use that info to get a warrant: 7th cir: this is not okay based on jardines. Held: search: distinguishing the case on the basis of a front porch of single-family home v. closed hallways of apartment building draws arbitrary lines. Is there curtilage in an apartment building: hard q w/ no clear answer. Case #1: apartment building w/ window on ground level.
