State v. Meyer

Defendant Samuel Meyer appeals from an Orange District Court order denying his motion to suppress photographs, negatives and videotapes seized from his home pursuant to a valid search warrant. He contends that, under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and Chapter I, Article 11 of the Vermont Constitution, the police are prohibited from conducting a search of a home pursuant to a valid search warrant if the homeowner is not present, absent exigent circumstances. We disagree and affirm.

On February 12, 1996, defendant’s home was searched pursuant to a search…