State v. Klima

OPINION

THOMAS, Chief Justice.

The State appeals from an order suppressr ing all evidence, including some 180 mature marihuana plants, seized during a search of the farm where Sharon Klima lived with her codefendant, Paul Wilson.1 Finding that the suppressed evidence was all that supported the State’s case against Klima, the court also ordered the prosecution dismissed. In the first of two points of error, the State argues that the court erred because the marihuana plants were observed in plain view by officers in a helicopter and, thus, were susceptible'to seizure under the “open fields”…