Dyer v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Convicted of possessing and manufacturing marijuana (OCGA § 16-13-30 (a), (b)), Henry Dyer enumerates as error the court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained at or near his farm when a hunter led police to a stash of marijuana discovered while hunting. The court concluded that the evidence was found outside the curtilage of Dyer’s residence and thus was not protected by the “search and seizure” provisions of the Fourth Amendment.

Dyer unsuccessfully moved to suppress the marijuana and other items seized from his farm and the nearby woods on the ground the police…