Legal Opinion
United States v. John Louis Van Damme
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 27, 1995No. 93-30325, 93-30338PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:
This search and seizure case involves a helicopter view of greenhouses, a view through a fence, and execution of a subsequently obtained search warrant without having the papers along.
I. Facts
Van Damme lived in a house in rural Montana. He grew marijuana, over two thousand plants, in three large greenhouses. The greenhouses, shaped like Quonset huts and made of translucent plastic, were separated from the rest of his property by a high board fence. The fenced off greenhouse compound was 204 feet away from Van Damme’s house.
An unidentified individual, called the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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