State of Minnesota v. Terrell McNeal, Jr.

Citations

• 7 N.W.3d 837

Syllabus

Because appellant's apartment door handle and lock were within the home's curtilage for purposes of the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution and article I, section 10, of the Minnesota Constitution, law-enforcement officers were required to obtain a search warrant supported by probable cause to swab those areas for the purpose of detecting trace amounts of controlled substances. Reversed.