| Court: | US Supreme Court |
| Facts: | In order to get probable cause for a warrant, an officer uses thermal imaging gear to scrutinize Kyllo's home, looking for leakage from high-intensity lights. Sure enough. Gets the warrant, and a veritable forest of marijuana. |
| Posture: | Reversals and affirmations, oh my. |
| Issue: | Was there a search here? |
| Holding: | Yes. |
| Rule: | If a generally recognized reasonable expectation of privacy (like being able to see through walls) is violated, there was a search. |
| Reasoning: | The home is especially protected. Aerial surveillance isn't a search. Obtaining information about what's inside the home, however, using sense-enhancing technology, is one. Especially if the technology isn't available to the general public. All details of what is in the home are intimate. |
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