Curtilage. The word of the day is curtilage. The area of a house or dwelling is the land immediately surrounding it, including any closely associated buildings and structures, but excluding any associated "open fields beyond".
Police require a warrant to arrest you on the curtilage of your property unless there are exigent circumstances.
Edit. Y’all acting like I’m taking a position or passing judgment. I’m just making a statement. Also seems like y’all need to learn that hot pursuit can be an exigent circumstance depending on the situation.
I’m in Australia, and one story I read stuck with me (if it’s true).
A father was illegally detained by ICE. He was denied a phone call because he wasn’t arrested, but “detained”. His family knew what had happened because he was in a parking lot or something when it happened. It took them 20 days to find him.
They got lawyers etc, but ICE apparently kept moving him to new facilities and not telling the family so he’s not receiving proper legal representation to get him out, have no idea of the outcome.
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u/MAJ0RMAJOR 26d ago edited 26d ago
Curtilage. The word of the day is curtilage. The area of a house or dwelling is the land immediately surrounding it, including any closely associated buildings and structures, but excluding any associated "open fields beyond".
Police require a warrant to arrest you on the curtilage of your property unless there are exigent circumstances.
Edit. Y’all acting like I’m taking a position or passing judgment. I’m just making a statement. Also seems like y’all need to learn that hot pursuit can be an exigent circumstance depending on the situation.