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Court: Officers' shortcut across yard soiled evidence

by Gary D. Robertson
| December 15, 2020 1:06 PM

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Police unlawfully obtained evidence of drugs, a gun and counterfeit money at a North Carolina home because officers took a late-night shortcut through the suspect's yard, instead of walking up the driveway, the state Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday.

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