Brown v. State

¶ 30. The right of individuals to a safe and secure home, free of interference and intrusions by the government, is recognized and protected by the federal and state Constitutions and state criminal statutes. The fourth amendment to the U.S. Constitution recognizes individuals’ rights to be free of governmental interference in their own homes. U.S. Const, amend. IV (“[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated.... ”). Criminal statutes — such as the burglary statute *1094under which Brown…