North Dakota Supreme Court· 12/26/2013

State v. Nguyen

Citations

2013 ND 252
841 N.W.2d 676
2013 WL 6835011
2013 N.D. LEXIS 258

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holding that area immediately outside door of apartment was not within curtilage under Fourth Amendment
holding that area immediately outside door of apartment was not within curtilage under Fourth Amendment
holding that a narcotics-dog sniff in the hallway outside the defendant's apartment did not occur in the curtilage of that apartment, even when the building was secured and tenants kept items in the hallway
noting that majority rule among state courts addressing the issue is that tenants lack a reasonable expectation of privacy in common areas
officer gained access to the secured building by catching the door as an unidentified female either exited or entered
canine sniff of common hallway adjacent to apartment door was not search because there is no reasonable expectation of privacy in contraband and common hallway is not curtilage

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Judges: Vandewalle, Maring, Crothers, Sandstrom, Romanice, Eapsner

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