Legal Opinion
State v. Harris
Utah Supreme Court
Decided September 27, 1983No. 18294PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWE, Justice:
Defendant Harris appeals his conviction for Production of a Controlled Substance, a third degree felony under U.C.A., 1953, § 58-37-8(l)(aXi), on the ground that incriminating evidence against him was obtained in an illegal search by police officers in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
On June 27, 1981, Dee Knight, Harris’s neighbor, called the mayor of their small farming community in Weber County, Utah, to report his observation of marijuana plants growing in Harris’s garden. The mayor requested the Weber County Sheriff’s Office to investigate…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by32 opinions
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- State v. WebbCourt of Appeals of Utah · 1990
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- State v. ThompsonUtah Supreme Court · 1991
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