Author Question: Police used a thermal imager to scan Kyllo's home, because they had information that he was growing ... (Read 39 times)

Lisaclaire · **on:** Aug 13, 2018

Police used a thermal imager to scan Kyllo's home, because they had information that he was growing marijuana. Officers did not have a warrant and claimed the search was in plain view. SCOTUS ruled that:

a. the use of a thermal imager did not alter the fact that the officers observed the marijuana in plain view.
b. the use of a thermal imager to explore details of a home that, in the past, would have been unknown without a physical intrusion is a search and is subject to Fourth Amendment requirements.
c. thermal imagers are common devices and, therefore, the search was in plain view.
d. the use of a thermal imager is always illegal.

Question 2

In Kyllo v. U.S. (2001), SCOTUS ruled that the discovery and measurement of which of the following from a home was a Fourth Amendment search?

a. odor
b. light
c. noise
d. heat