“It is of no moment that defendant could not effectively post his sky.”
He couldn’t “post his sky?” What, no message balloons?
Welcome to the ‘exhalations’ of the [wait for it] Vermont Supreme Court. Oh, there’s more. Who could bogart this story?
“We protect defendant’s marijuana plots against such surveillance so that law-abiding citizens may relax in their backyards,”ruled the Court, “enjoying a sense of security that they are free from unreasonable surveillance.”
The Vermont Supreme Court ruled Friday that a man named Stephen Bryant of Goshen, Vermont, is a free man. At least as high [pun intended] as 500 feet above his property.
As the Times Argus reports, “Bryant was convicted in 2005 of cultivating marijuana after police saw plants growing on his property during a flyover. Police seized 49 plants. Bryant was sentenced to 1 to 2 years, suspended except for 45 days, with probation.”
The lesson learned in all this by Vermont law enforcement officials? Get higher than the suspect — and bring the good binoculars.
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Sunday, 30 March 2008 at 19:00
Chuck Igo
so what about those incredibly cool high-rez satellites that give us wonderful resolution from way up in space of things here on the ground? type in Carroll St South Portland Maine and you’ll see the yellow slide of the kids’ swingset in my backyard. does that violate my privacy?
or, do you think the court got “post his sky” and Hendrix confused?
of course, if the “State” were on their game, they would have offered that the law enforcement officers were as high as they were due to the defendant’s due dilligence in cultivating expertise, and that any violation of the defendant’s privacy due to a less-than acceptable altitude would be owed to the lousy product growing from the ground.
Sunday, 30 March 2008 at 20:33
Bill-O-Notes
Hey, Captain, you left your boxers out on the line again. Good going!