Searches and Seizures II
Continue examining the contours of Fourth Amendment searches with a focus on the context of the search, the vantage point and location of the search, and the role of electronic surveillance techniques.
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You may recall that a search is either (1) a governmental violation of a person’s reasonable expectation of privacy, or (2) a governmental intrusion onto constitutionally protected private property, for the purpose of obtaining information. Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347, 351 (1967); Kyllo v. United States, 533 U.S. 27, 34-35 (2001); United States v. Jones, 565 U.S. 400, 404-05 (2012).
This lesson will focus on the second type of search.
I. Property-Based Approach
Although the ...