State v. Huddy

DIETZ, Judge.

*149Defendant Michael Vernon Huddy appeals the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained after a law enforcement officer searched the curtilage of Huddy's home without a warrant. The officer saw a vehicle with its doors open at the back of a 150-yard driveway leading to Huddy's home. Concerned that the vehicle may be part of a break-in or home invasion, the officer drove down Huddy's 150-yard driveway, ran the tags on the vehicle, checked the front door (but did not knock), checked the home's windows, "cleared" the sides of the house, and then went through a…