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State v. Larsen

Citations

  • 650 N.W.2d 144
  • 2002 Minn. LEXIS 577
  • 2002 WL 1980807

How courts have described this case

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  • ruling that the warrantless search of a fish house that was not supported by probable cause was unreasonable
  • ruling that the warrantless search of a fish house that was not supported by probable cause was unreasonable
  • holding that a conservation officer’s warrantless entry into an ice fishing house “in the absence of express consent or other circumstance justifying entry” was unreason able under both the United States Constitution and the Minnesota Constitution
  • acknowledging that a departure from individualized suspicion may be warranted if the need “outweighed the interests of ordinary citizens”
  • explaining that a conservation officer’s unannounced entry into fish house with “no reason to suspect a violation of fishing laws” resulted in criminal charges both for a fishing law violation and for drug possession
  • “[E]ase in enforcing the law has never been a sufficient justification for government intrusion.”

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Judges: Stringer, Meyer

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