State ex rel. Juvenile Department v. Reeves

In this juvenile proceeding involving allegations of game-related offenses1 against two adolescent brothers, the state appeals from an order of suppression. The trial court concluded that the investigating officer unlawfully entered the property where the brothers lived with their father. We agree that the officer’s initial entry onto the property was unlawful. We further conclude that brothers’ father could not effectively retroactively consent to the unlawful invasion of brothers’ privacy interests. Accordingly, we affirm.

The material facts are as follows: On October 12, 1998, Trooper…