What are my rights to privacy regarding a police search?

What are my rights to privacy regarding a police search?

A policeman came to my house to deliver me a ticket for driving without insurance. We were not home at the time. As there was no answer, said policeman took it upon himself to start peering into my windows. He saw something potentially incriminating and the next day my house was searched. Did he have a legal right to invade my privacy? It seems to me that he did not, as hand delivering a citation for no insurance is odd enough but then to peep into someone’s windows uninvited seems, well, criminal.

Asked on December 3, 2013 under Criminal Law, Wisconsin

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