Police used a thermal imager to scan Kyllo's home, because they had information that he was growing marijuana. Officers did not have a warrant and claimed the search was in plain view. SCOTUS ruled that:
a. the use of a thermal imager did not alter the fact that the officers observed the marijuana in plain view
b. the use of a thermal imager to explore details of a home that, in the past, would have been unknown without a physical intrusion is a search and is subject to Fourth Amendment requirements.
c. thermal imagers are common devices and, therefore, the search was in plain view.
d. the use of a thermal imager is always illegal.
b
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