State v. Pierce

If my neighbors make unreasonably loud noises in their backyard at 1:00 a.m. — noises so loud that they awaken me from my slumber — I probably would take the easiest and quickest way to their backyard: walk down their driveway and ask them to quiet down. Under the reasoning of the majority, my actions would be criminal because I would be committing criminal trespass in the second degree.1 By the majority’s reasoning, my only lawful approach would be to go the front door of my neighbors’ home and knock on that door. But if my neighbors do not answer the door (because too much noise is coming…