State v. Jones

GILBERTSON, Chief Justice:

(concurring in the result). .

[¶52.] Although I agree the circuit court’s denial of Jones’s motion to suppress should be affirmed, I dissent from the Court’s analysis. Today, the Court holds that the U.S. Constitution requires law enforcement to obtain a search warrant before conducting “long-term surveillance” (in this case, two-month video surveillance) of the front of a residence from a public vantage point. Yet, the United States Supreme Court “has to date not deviated from the understanding that mere visual observation does not constitute a search.” United States…