SUPREME COURT . . . OKAY TO GET EVIDENCE FROM ON HIGH

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The Supreme Court left intact the conviction of a St. Louis man on charges of marijuana-growing despite the fact that the FBI nabbed him using data gathered by flying over his house in a helicopter equipped with an infra-red detector. Joseph Pinson claimed that the FBI obtained the evidence -- later used as a basis for a search warrant -- illegally in July 1991. But a lower court, in affirming Pinson's conviction, said "Pinson did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the heat emanated from his home." The Supreme Court, acting without comment, left intact Pinson's conviction and five-year prison sentence.Post your opinion on theWashingtonbulletin board.