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State v. Morris

Citations

  • 680 A.2d 90
  • 165 Vt. 111
  • 62 A.L.R. 5th 729
  • 1996 Vt. LEXIS 40

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that its state constitutional provision requires a warrant to search garbage because such an invasion of privacy should be made by a neutral officer of the court, rather than the police
  • concluding that its state constitutional provision requires a warrant to search garbage because such an invasion of privacy should be made by a neutral officer of the court, rather than the police
  • noting that the Warrant Clause of the Vermont Constitution is the \foremost line of protection\ for individual privacy
  • noting that the Warrant Clause of the Vermont Constitution is the “foremost line of protection” for individual privacy
  • declining to follow “abbreviated” analysis of Greenwood majority and noting state supreme courts of California, Hawaii, New Jersey, and Washington have similarly declined
  • declining to follow under Article 11 Supreme Court's decision allowing warrantless search of trash placed in bags at curbside for collection

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Judges: Allen, Gibson, Dooley, Morse, Johnson

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