case ▁basis ▁rather ▁than ▁establish ing ▁a ▁blank et ▁rule . ▁ ▁People ▁v . ▁Scott ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁D ix son ▁appeal ▁was ▁being ▁considered ▁by ▁the ▁Oregon ▁courts , ▁across ▁the ▁country , ▁a ▁h unter ▁purs uing ▁a ▁wounded ▁de er ▁onto ▁posted ▁private ▁property ▁in ▁Pr eston , ▁New ▁York , ▁came ▁across ▁what ▁appeared ▁to ▁him ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁rem n ants ▁of ▁a ▁mar iju ana ▁growing ▁operation . ▁In ▁July ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁he ▁returned , ▁and ▁confirmed ▁his ▁susp ic ions , ▁finding ▁about ▁ 5 0 ▁can nab is ▁plants ▁being ▁grown ▁on ▁the ▁site , ▁guard ed ▁by ▁an ▁armed ▁man . ▁He ▁reported ▁this ▁to ▁the ▁state ▁police , ▁who ▁asked ▁him ▁to ▁bring ▁back ▁a ▁leaf ▁from ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁plants . ▁The ▁next ▁month ▁he ▁did , ▁and ▁after ▁test ifying ▁in ▁camera ▁he ▁returned ▁with ▁a ▁detect ive . ▁ ▁Guy ▁Scott , ▁owner ▁of ▁the ▁ ▁on ▁which ▁the ▁mar iju ana ▁was ▁growing , ▁was ▁arrested ▁and ▁charged ▁with ▁first - deg ree ▁criminal ▁possession ▁of ▁mar iju ana , ▁a ▁fel ony , ▁after ▁ 2 0 0 ▁plants ▁were ▁seized . ▁At ▁trial ▁in ▁Chen ango ▁County ▁Court , ▁he ▁moved ▁to ▁suppress ▁the ▁evidence ▁against ▁him ▁as ▁seized ▁un const itution ally . ▁After ▁the ▁court ▁ruled ▁that ▁it ▁had ▁not ▁been , ▁Scott ▁ple aded ▁guilty ▁and ▁appe aled ▁the ▁conv iction ▁on ▁the ▁same ▁grounds , ▁arg uing ▁that