· 11/4/1925
U. N. Roberts Co. v. Commissioner
Citations
- 2 B.T.A. 1176
- 1925 BTA LEXIS 2142
How courts have described this case
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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: Marquette, Morris
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