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===''People v. Scott''===
{{Infobox court case
|name = People v. Scott
|court = [[New York State Court of Appeals]]
|full name = People of the State of New York v. Guy Scott
|date decided = {{start date|1992|04|02|df=us}}
|citations = 79 N.Y.2d 474
|judges = Kaye, Alexander, Titone, Hancock, Bellacosa, Wachtler, Simone
|number of judges = 7
|decision by = Hancock
|concurring = Kaye
|dissenting = Bellacosa
|prior actions = Conviction affirmed, 169 A.D.2d 1023 (1991)
|appealed from = [[New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division]], 3rd Dept.
|keywords = {{hlist | search | seizure }}
|italic title =
}}
As the Dixson appeal was being considered by the Oregon courts, across the country, a hunter pursuing a wounded deer onto posted private property in [[Preston, New York]], came across what appeared to him to be the remnants of a marijuana growing operation. In July 1988, he returned, and confirmed his suspicions, finding about 50 cannabis plants being grown on the site, guarded by an armed man. He reported this to the [[New York State Police|state police]], who asked him to bring back a leaf from one of the plants. The next month he did, and after testifying ''[[in camera]]'' he returned with a detective.<ref name="Scott I">{{cite court |litigants=People v. Scott|vol=169|reporter=A.D.2d|opinion=1023|court=[[New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division|N.Y.A.D., 3rd Dept.]]|date=1991|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=14569517592155252184|accessdate=September 19, 2019}}</ref>
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