Is knocking on a door and stepping out of view to lure a suspect outside of his home a violation of the Fourth Amendment?

Appellant argues that the act of knocking on a door and stepping out of view to lure a suspect outside of his dwelling violates the Fourth Amendment. The older cases involve police ruses to gain visual entry into a residence. For example, in People v. Reeves (1964) 61 Cal.2d 268, 38 Cal.Rptr. 1, 391 P.2d 393, the police suspected defendant was selling narcotics at a hotel. The officers had the hotel manager phone defendant and say that a registered letter was at the front desk. When defendant

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