Commonwealth v. Murray

OPINION

VANMETER, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order entered by the Russell Circuit Court granting ap-pellee David Earl Murray’s motion to suppress evidence obtained as a result of a warrantless search. The issue on appeal is whether the circuit court erroneously suppressed the marijuana that was seized in an area beyond the curtilage of Murray’s property. For the reasons stated hereafter, we reverse.

Murray owns property in a remote area on Mills Road in Russell County. A mobile home and a recreational vehicle (“RV’) sit on a cleared area, which backs up to a tree line and woodland. Both…