▁the ▁aer ial ▁surve ill ance ▁and ▁the ▁invol vement ▁of ▁local ▁law ▁enfor cement ▁in ▁the ▁arrest . ▁And ▁since ▁the ▁state ▁was ▁so ▁involved , ▁the ▁court ▁could ▁consider ▁whether ▁the ▁evidence ▁was ▁gathered ▁in ▁viol ation ▁of ▁the ▁state ▁constitution . ▁ ▁Washington ' s ▁equivalent ▁to ▁the ▁Four th ▁Am end ment , ▁Article ▁I , ▁Section ▁ 7 , ▁is ▁unlike ▁New ▁York ▁and ▁Oregon ' s ▁very ▁differently ▁word ed ▁from ▁its ▁federal ▁counter part : ▁" No ▁person ▁shall ▁be ▁dist urbed ▁in ▁his ▁private ▁affairs , ▁or ▁his ▁home ▁inv aded , ▁without ▁authority ▁of ▁law ." ▁It ▁had ▁thus , ▁Alexander ▁wrote , ▁been ▁held ▁repeatedly ▁to ▁offer ▁bro ader ▁protection ▁to ▁priv acy ▁rights . ▁ ▁The ▁state ▁had ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁DE A ▁agents ▁had , ▁by ▁using ▁an ▁access way ▁to ▁the ▁house , ▁comp lied ▁with ▁that ▁provision , ▁cit ing ▁several ▁preced ents ▁where ▁searches ▁had ▁been ▁u ph eld ▁where ▁police ▁used ▁routes ▁for ▁the ▁public ▁to ▁approach ▁a ▁residence . ▁But ▁Alexander ▁distinguished ▁them ▁from ▁the ▁instant ▁case ▁by ▁not ing ▁that ▁ ▁" here ▁... ▁[ the ▁agents ] ▁were ▁using ▁it ▁as ▁the ▁most ▁convenient ▁route ▁on ▁which ▁to ▁tres pass ▁on ▁the ▁Joh ns ons ' ▁property " ▁instead ▁of ▁trying ▁to ▁reach ▁the ▁house ▁and ▁speak ▁with ▁its ▁occup ants ; ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁agents ▁intr ud ed ▁late ▁at ▁night ▁in ▁one ▁argued ▁against ▁that , ▁the ▁judge ▁observed . ▁The