Kirsche v. State

How courts have described this case

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• reversing denial of motion to suppress because officers were not authorized to enter home’s curtilage
• generally, plain view doctrine applies regardless of whether the officer expected or suspected that he would discover object seized
• officers investigating domestic complaint could not enter back yard for routine security reasons without consent or exigent circumstances and without first knocking on front door
• officers wrongfully entered back yard where defendant had already responded to knock at front door
• even if officers have probable cause to investigate a crime, without a warrant, exigent circumstances, or proper consent, they may not enter a home or its curtilage
• even if officers have probable cause to investigate a crime, without a warrant, exigent circumstances, or proper consent, they may not enter a home or its curtilage

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).