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FLORIDA v. RILEY

No. 87-764.

488 U.S. 445 (1989)

FLORIDA v. RILEY

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 23, 1989

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parker D. Thomson, Special Assistant Attorney General of Florida, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Candace M. Sunderland and Peggy A. Quince, Assistant Attorneys General, and Cloyce L. Mangas, Jr., Special Assistant Attorney General.

Marc H. Salton argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.*

Ronald M. Sinoway filed a brief for the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice et al. as amici curiae.

JUSTICE WHITE announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which THE CHIEF JUSTICE, JUSTICE SCALIA, and JUSTICE KENNEDY join.

On certification to it by a lower state court, the Florida Supreme Court addressed the following question: "Whether surveillance of the interior of a partially covered greenhouse in a residential backyard from the vantage point of a helicopter located 400 feet above the greenhouse...

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