Washington Supreme Court· 1/11/1996

State v. Rose

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128 Wash. 2d 388
909 P.2d 280
1996 Wash. LEXIS 3

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holding that officer’s observations did not constitute illegal search when officer, while standing on front porch of defendant’s mobile home, looked with aid of flashlight through unobstructed window to left of front door and saw cut marijuana and scale on table inside
observing that access routes are impliedly open to the public
an officer's detection of something by utilizing his senses from a vantage point where he is lawfully present does not constitute a search
no constitutional violation when police officer looked through an unobstructed window of a home while standing on the front porch
an officer’s detection of something by utilizing his senses from a vantage point where he is lawfully present does not constitute a search
officer entered defendant’s property to investigate landlord’s report that he could smell marijuana coming from a shed

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Judges: Johnson, Madsen

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