California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Felix, A127173, No. 250009 (Cal. App. 2010):
Defendant argues that Officer Aiello made an unlawful entry into his yard to discover and seize the black replica handgun. Defendant begins his argument with the obvious observation that the officers did not have a warrant to enter or search the premises. He also claims that the gun was not observed "in plain view" from a place where the officers had "a lawful right of access to the object itself." (Horton v. California (1990) 496 U.S. 128, 137.)
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