kyllo vs. united states
Background
The police suspect Danny Kyllo of growing illegal substances in his house. So in the middle of the night they scanned his house with a thermal imaging device. The device picked up high readings from lamps that are used to grow marijuana. So this was enough to get a search warrant of his house and they found marijuana. He says there is not enough evidence to get the search warrant because it only showed a few hotspots on the device and it could have been anything.
Constitutional Question
Does the use of this device to scan a private home violate the 4th Amendment?
Lasting Effect
The govements device is not avaible for public use to search a home so its an unreasonable to get a warrant. They favored Kyllo 5 to 4.
The police suspect Danny Kyllo of growing illegal substances in his house. So in the middle of the night they scanned his house with a thermal imaging device. The device picked up high readings from lamps that are used to grow marijuana. So this was enough to get a search warrant of his house and they found marijuana. He says there is not enough evidence to get the search warrant because it only showed a few hotspots on the device and it could have been anything.
Constitutional Question
Does the use of this device to scan a private home violate the 4th Amendment?
Lasting Effect
The govements device is not avaible for public use to search a home so its an unreasonable to get a warrant. They favored Kyllo 5 to 4.