Court Opinion

ID: 9488416
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 12:44:41.93699+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:52:52.777944
License: Public Domain

EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge,
concurring:
I concur in the result and in the opinion, except for the discussion (at 3314-3315) of whether Robinson had a subjective expectation of privacy in the heat generated by his indoor marijuana cultivation. On that question, I admit to considerable doubt.
I do not say that today’s court is wrong in its conclusion on the point. But, I do say that the answer is less than clear to me, considering especially that the court stresses the inaction of a homeowner as the decisive element. Because I believe the subjective intent issue could be decided either way without affecting the outcome of this case, I decline to decide the unnecessary and, for me, delicate question of subjective intent.