Legal Opinion
People v. Reynolds
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 31, 1988PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Dillon, J.
The principal and narrow issue to be resolved on this appeal is whether an open field, bearing no manifestation of the owner’s subjective expectation of privacy other than is naturally provided by the land’s woods and contour, falls within the protection of the Search and Seizure Clause of this State’s Constitution (NY Const, art I, § 12). We hold that it does not, and that governmental intrusion upon or above such land without a warrant is not constitutionally prohibited.
Defendant owns a 103-acre farm in the Town of Gallatin. The State Police, acting on an…
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