State v. Cada

LANSING, Judge.

We are once again called upon to address the complex issue of the scope of constitutional protections against unreasonable searches and seizures. In this case, law enforcement officers made two late night entries onto the driveway to the defendant’s home in an effort to determine whether the defendant was engaged in growing marijuana. During these covert visits, the agents smelled marijuana in the vicinity of a garage and, using a thermal imaging device, determined that heat was being emitted from the garage. The information gained on these nighttime visits was then used by the…