State v. Christensen

TROUT, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the district court’s decision to deny a motion to suppress evidence. The evidence was seized by virtue of a search warrant obtained using information gathered during a warrantless entry by police into the curtilage of the defendant’s home.

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BACKGROUND

On September 25, 1995, Detective Patrick Kelley of the Quad Cities Drug Task Force received a tip that someone was growing marijuana in a large greenhouse near milepost 350 in Latah County. The next day, Kelley contacted Detective Val Barber of the Moscow Police Department. Barber told Kelley that the…