A.A.G. v. State

I concur in the result reached by the majority, but I believe that to conclude that the appellant did obstruct governmental operations, the majority must distinguish this ease from Strange v. Tuscaloosa, 652 So.2d 773 (Ala.Cr.App.1994). In Strange, this court overturned a conviction for interfering with police officers, finding that their search of the appellant’s home without her consent was a violation of her Fourth Amendment rights and citing Mincey v. Arizona, 437 U.S. 385, 98 S.Ct. 2408, 57 L.Ed.2d 290 (1978).

In this case, the warrantless search by the police fell within one of the…