Court Opinion

ID: 9749601
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-27 16:53:06.186456+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:25:53.435911
License: Public Domain

McDERMOTT, Justice,
dissenting.
The majority, with the faintful solicitude of maiden aunts, would not ruffle the sensibilities of a deliberate, careful, business-like “pot” farmer, because his windows shook when the cops came by helicopter and caught him out. The poor dears were all a-tremble and just about scared out of their conniving wits because a helicopter hovered over their barn 150 yards from the road and 100 yards from their peaceful, rural home where they counted their money and prayed the success of their crop. It may well be that some occasions are a danger larger than the offense sought. Under the facts here, this was not one.
I dissent.