Fourth Amendment Searches

Expectation of privacy

As stated in the Introduction, an individual must establish that he has a reasonable and legitimate expectation of privacy in order to warrant Fourth Amendment protection. Various situations, such as information conveyed to a third party and activities performed on an individuals property, demonstrate how exactly courts will interpret this language.

There is typically no reasonable expectation of privacy in information relayed to a third party. For example, as set forth in United States v. White, 401 U.S. 745 (1971), information given to an undercover informant . . .

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