STATE v. COSTIN

No. 96-624.

720 A.2d 866 (1998)

STATE of Vermont v. Michael N. COSTIN.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

July 31, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Sorrell, Attorney General, and David Tartter, Assistant Attorney General, Montpelier, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Barry E. Griffith of Griffith & Lundeen, P.C., Rutland, for Defendant-Appellant.

Present DOOLEY, MORSE and JOHNSON, JJ., and ALLEN, C.J. (Ret.), and GIBSON, J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


DOOLEY, Justice.

Defendant Michael Costin appeals the denial of his motion to suppress a videotape showing him cultivating marijuana plants in violation of 18 V.S.A. § 4230(a)(2). He contends that, under Chapter I, Article 11 of the Vermont Constitution, the police are required to obtain a warrant before conducting video surveillance on private property. Thus, he argues, the warrantless video surveillance on his private...

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