Powell v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the CourtMakar, J.
Our state and federal constitutions declare that homes — whether castles or cabins, mansions or mobile homes — are protected spaces that require a warrant or other lawful basis to justify a governmental intrusion. At issue in this case is whether police officers entering the property of Russell Powell and Benjamin Wilb-ourn and peering into a window of their mobile home late at night after receiving an anonymous tip an hour earlier that marijuana plants were inside was a search that violated the Fourth Amendment. Because the officers intruded into a constitutionally protected area without a…
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