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Re: Hydroponics Shopping
>Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 10:05:51 -0700
>From: "Dixon, Steven T. (Exchange)" <stdixon at ben_bechtel.com>
>The "plain view" doctrine is the current federal standard for searches
>(when I last checked) but the problem (for the police) is that blue
>light is absolutely NOT contraband. It is after all just blue light.
>One would have to research the case law to know for sure, but blue light
>does not give rise, it seems to me, to a "reasonable suspicion" which
>would form the basis for the "probable cause" required for the issuance
>of a search warrant. (I have no idea what the Queen might require in
>Canada under similar circumstances! <G>)
I believe that if you pay (give) her 1/5th of what you grow you'll be OK.
Shannon