State v. Harris

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that a government agent does not engage in a search that implicates the Fourth Amendment if he observes incriminating evidence from a place he has a right to be
• probable cause for search warrant established the moment neighbor reported marijuana cultivation to police
• “It is well established law that a government official does not engage in a search within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment if he observes incriminating evidence from a place where he has a right to be.”
• police have right to approach front door
• assuming veracity of average citizen witness

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Brown
  Utah Supreme Court· 1992-11-30· cited 112×
• State v. Arroyo
  Utah Supreme Court· 1990-06-28· cited 95×
• State v. Webb
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1990-03-26· cited 78×
• State v. Ashe
  Utah Supreme Court· 1987-11-12· cited 73×
• State v. Johnson
  Utah Supreme Court· 1987-12-31· cited 73×
• State v. Thompson
  Utah Supreme Court· 1991-03-21· cited 60×
• State v. Christensen
  Utah Supreme Court· 1984-01-17· cited 36×
• State v. Kelly
  Utah Supreme Court· 1986-05-01· cited 35×
• State v. Comer
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2002-06-27· cited 33×
• State v. Holmes
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1989-05-03· cited 30×
• State v. Nielsen
  Utah Supreme Court· 1986-10-06· cited 30×
• State v. Case
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1994-11-02· cited 30×
• State v. Brown
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1990-09-12· cited 22×
• State v. Miller
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1987-08-17· cited 20×
• State v. Gallegos
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1998-10-29· cited 18×
• State v. Frey
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1989-05-03· cited 15×
• State v. Cayer
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1991-06-25· cited 14×
• State v. Wells
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1996-11-21· cited 12×
• State v. White
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1993-04-13· cited 10×
• State v. Belgard
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1992-10-16· cited 8×