State v. Barnaby

¶72 Although the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures encompasses more than the home, the home, nonetheless, is historically the raison d’etre for the constitutional protection. The people’s protection against unreasonable search and seizure in their “houses” was drawn from the English common-law maxim “A man’s home is his castle.” Minnesota v. Carter (1998), 525 U.S. 83, 94, 119 S.Ct. 469, 142 L.Ed.2d 373 (Scalia, J., concurring) (emphasis in original). “[EJvery man’s house is looked upon by the law to be his castle.” 3 W. Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England…