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Old 12-24-2005, 06:05 AM
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Default RE: Pa Bear hunter case in the supreme court

He sounds guilty based on what I've seen.

In the bigger picture, I'm still kind of uncomfortable with a GW being able to walk on your property without probable cause or a warrant. The Pa game law doesn't state that either are necessary. Thats my problem with it. I read it as saying that a GW can go where he wants when he wants without having to answer to anyone about why he is there or what "duties" he's carrying out. The law allows other LE officers to search if they have cause but it doesnt allow them to randomly search just incase they see something illegal. The questionseems to be about whether your rights to privacy extend outside the walls of your house to your land as well. (I'm assuming that the evidence the GWfound in this case would not have been visible from outside the property)
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