Is it a Fourth Amendment search for a police officer to see an item that is exposed to public view?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hong, B269010 (Cal. App. 2017):
"'[I]t is not a Fourth Amendment search for a police officer to see an item that is exposed to public view, though the item is within the curtilage of a residence.' [Citation.]" (People v. Strider (2009) 177 Cal.App.4th 1393, 1406 (Strider).) "[T]he law is clear that not every technical trespass onto the curtilage amounts to a search. Just like any other visitor to a residence, a police officer is entitled to walk onto parts
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