State v. Ballard

Crothers, Justice.

[¶ 1] Jeremy Ballard appeals a district court judgment after he conditionally pled guilty to drug charges, reserving the right to challenge the denial of his motion to suppress evidence. He argues the district court should have suppressed evidence from his residence because the suspicion-less probationary search violated his constitutional rights against unreasonable searches and seizures. We reverse because the suspicionless search of an unsupervised probationer’s home was unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution.

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[¶ 2] In October 2013…