United States v. Michael K. Gerard

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• noting that other circuits have held odor of marijuana, standing alone, is sufficient to support probable cause
• noting that other circuits have held odor of marijuana, standing alone, is sufficient to support probable cause
• finding no error in district court’s determination that garage was not within farm’s curtilage and thus no illegal search when officer climbed a ladder to peer into that garage
• “The distance alone, however, is not determinative that [a building] should be treated as an adjunct of the house.”
• presence of a fence between the primary residence and -7- another area typically means that area is outside the curtilage

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).