Legal Opinion

People v. Deutsch

California Court of Appeal

Decided April 24, 1996No. A066545PublishedCited by 19 opinions

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1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

POCHÉ, J.

This case presents the question of whether a warrantless scan made with a thermal imaging device of a private dwelling constitutes an unreasonable search within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. We hold that it does.

Defendant, Dorian Deutsch, pleaded no contest to a single count of furnishing a room in a building for the cultivation of marijuana (Health & Saf. Code, § 11366.5). On appeal she contends that the trial court erred in denying her motion to suppress evidence which was seized in a search made with a warrant issued in part upon the…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. United States v. PlaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Smith v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  5. California v. GreenwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1988

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GindlespergerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  2. Commonwealth v. GindlespergerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  3. People v. ShawCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2002
  4. People v. GarciaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2003
  5. People v. GotfriedCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2003

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