SCHOLFIELD, J.
The State appeals an order suppressing evidence of marijuana, arguing that a police officer's intentional, but nonintrusive, open view of marijuana in a garbage can did not violate John G. Graffius' right to privacy. We agree and reverse.
Narcotics detectives received a tip from the FBI that Graffius was growing marijuana. Because they did not have enough information to establish probable cause for a warrant, the detectives decided to conduct...
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