{"id":12155,"date":"2014-06-22T11:21:48","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T16:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=12155"},"modified":"2014-06-22T11:21:48","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T16:21:48","slug":"ga-where-backdoor-is-the-one-always-used-it-doesnt-violate-curtilage-for-officers-to-go-to-backdoor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=12155","title":{"rendered":"GA: Where backdoor is the one always used, it doesn&#8217;t violate curtilage for officers to go to backdoor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Defendant\u2019s backdoor was the common method of coming and going from his house, so the police did not violate curtilage by going to the back door. In defendant\u2019s car in the driveway, however, was evidence from a burglary in plain view. There was probable cause to get a warrant for the car, and curtilage wasn\u2019t violated. <a href=\"https:\/\/efast.gaappeals.us\/download?filingId=a476b31a-97bb-4ec1-99bd-4faa37c0de67\">Cupe v. State<\/a>, 2014 Ga. App. LEXIS 396 (June 19, 2014).<\/p>\n<p>Under Texas law, ICE officer can make felony and misdemeanor arrests, and an off-duty ICE officer made a stop. \u201cFacts known to Stone raised a potential for drug activity or criminal acts against children or law enforcement\u2014felony offenses under Texas law\u2014thus Stone, as a special investigator, had the powers of arrest, search, and seizure as to such felony offenses.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cca.courts.state.tx.us\/opinions\/HTMLopinionInfo.asp?OpinionID=25671\">Guerra v. State<\/a>, 2014 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 894 (June 18, 2014), aff\u2019g  Guerra v. State, 396 S.W.3d 233 (Tex. App.\u2014Eastland 2013).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defendant\u2019s backdoor was the common method of coming and going from his house, so the police did not violate curtilage by going to the back door. In defendant\u2019s car in the driveway, however, was evidence from a burglary in plain &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=12155\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[50,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arrest-or-entry-on-arrest","category-curtilage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12156,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12155\/revisions\/12156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}