United States Seventh Circuit

A gravel walkway, from which an officer made incriminating observations of drug activity, was not within the "curtilage" of a residence, so that no Fourth Amendment violation occurred.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/19/2002
• Decided 05/28/2002
• Published 05/28/2002

Judges

• COFFEY, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, EASTERBROOK, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Eugene L. Miller, Office of U.S. Attorney, Urbana Div., Urbana, IL, Linda L. Mullen (argued), Office of U.S. Attorney, Rock Island, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Carol A. Dison (argued), Beckett & Webber, Urbana, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.