{"id":64435,"date":"2026-07-10T18:34:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T23:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64435"},"modified":"2026-07-10T18:46:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T23:46:29","slug":"ca7-it-wasnt-a-4a-violation-to-place-a-pole-camera-to-look-over-defs-fence-he-built-to-hide-his-place-knowing-he-was-under-surveillance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64435","title":{"rendered":"CA7: It wasn’t a 4A violation to place a pole camera to look over def’s fence he built to hide his place knowing he was under surveillance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Defendant knew he was under surveillance by police, so he installed a wooden privacy fence around his business property. So, police put a pole camera so they could look over the fence. The pole camera didn\u2019t need a warrant. United States v. Kendrick<\/a>, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 20108 (7th Cir. July 9, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a substantial basis for defendant\u2019s search warrant for fentanyl distribution from defendant\u2019s home that led to overdose deaths. The trial court\u2019s suppression order is reversed, so the good faith exception doesn\u2019t even need to be considered. State v. Gardner, 2026 Kan. LEXIS 382 (July 10, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government fails to show that defendant\u2019s backpack was subject to a warrantless search. It\u2019s not a valid search incident: \u201c In contrast, here, the video evidence shows that Ranney had already been arrested and taken inside prior to the search, Ranney’s backpack was not next to him during the search, the initial search lasted several minutes, and the contents of the backpack were left on a table for almost two hours after the search.\u201d As to inventory, this search served no valid administrative goals. The exclusionary rule applies. “But here, there was no warrant. Therefore, the good faith exception … [is] inapplicable.” United States v. Ranney, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 151177 (N.D. Cal. July 8, 2026).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Defendant knew he was under surveillance by police, so he installed a wooden privacy fence around his business property. So, police put a pole camera so they could look over the fence. The pole camera didn\u2019t need a warrant. United … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,92,20,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inventory","category-pole-cameras","category-probable-cause","category-search-incident"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64435"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64440,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64435\/revisions\/64440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}