jim9799jim9799
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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Spartanburg County, SC
Wierd, A police officer knocked on my door and asked me if she could come in and I said NO and walked out shut my door and asked what she needed. She walked off my porch and said if I wanted to play that way she would get a warrent and I said OK and walked back inside.
She stood there for a few minutes then walked around my house a few times, finally she knocked on my door and again I closed the door behind me and she said I was getting a ticket for littering (SC Code 16-11-700) This is clearly intended for people who litter on other peoples property.
She was just mad because I would not let her in my house.
I guess I will get a lawyer for this $470 ticket, but The question is
1. Does her walking around my house (curtilage) constitute an illegal search which violates my Fourth Amendment rights.
Im sure i will get out of the ticket, but Police should not be allowed to search your yard for no reason other than being pissed at you, and write a traffic ticket for littering in my own yard.
Thank you.
Anyone know of a lawyer interested let me know, otherwise phonebook here I come.
Wierd, A police officer knocked on my door and asked me if she could come in and I said NO and walked out shut my door and asked what she needed. She walked off my porch and said if I wanted to play that way she would get a warrent and I said OK and walked back inside.
She stood there for a few minutes then walked around my house a few times, finally she knocked on my door and again I closed the door behind me and she said I was getting a ticket for littering (SC Code 16-11-700) This is clearly intended for people who litter on other peoples property.
She was just mad because I would not let her in my house.
I guess I will get a lawyer for this $470 ticket, but The question is
1. Does her walking around my house (curtilage) constitute an illegal search which violates my Fourth Amendment rights.
Im sure i will get out of the ticket, but Police should not be allowed to search your yard for no reason other than being pissed at you, and write a traffic ticket for littering in my own yard.
Thank you.
Anyone know of a lawyer interested let me know, otherwise phonebook here I come.