Privacy and Property Flashcards
(40 cards)
Two options for what is a search
- property based (unlicensed physical intrusion on constitutionally protected area)
- govt intruded on reasonable expectation of privacy
Cases about property approach
Jardines, Jones
In Jardines, ___ was a search
taking a dog to the front door
Katz test
1) actual (subjective) expectation of privacy
2) society recognize that expectation as reasonable
Factors for REP
- access (vantage point)
- commonplace (could public do this)
- legality (vantage point)
- intrusion
- property notions
- type of info
- advanced tech
- open fields
Open fields doctrine
police entry and search of open fields no 4A violation even if privately owned land, distinct from home and curtilage (Hester)
Boyd is not ___ but ___
good law anymore, influential
Boyd facts
govt subpoenad D in civil forfeiture action to produce invoices for those shipments of glass
Boyd said it was a a search to ____ as well as ___
compel production of private papers to establish charge against him, violation of 5A
Katz held that 4A doesn’t turn ___
solely on whether physical intrusion
Case about open fields
Hester
Open fields still applies even you have ___
done things to assert ownership (put up fence etc)
Curtilage is ____
area immediately surrounding home
Four factors in determining curtilage
1) proximity to home
2) within enclosure surrounding home
3) nature of uses to which area put
4) steps taken to protect area from observation
Case with curtilage factors
Dunn
You can use ____ to look onto curtilage (____)
aerial surveillance, Riley
Office complex with fence will get _______
some curtilage protection but less than offered for homes
Oliver facts and outcome
growing weed in field mile from house, no trespassing signs, still not a search
Ciraolo facts
inspected backyard of house while flying plane at 1000 feetCie
Ciraolo outcome
not a search even though yard in curtilage
Riley facts `
flew helicopter at 400 ft to spy inside greenhouse
Riley held that aerial surveillance not a search because ___
1) legal (FAA regulations)
2) helicopter available to general public
3) did not interfere with normal use of greenhouse/curtilage
Riley says nothing in record to suggest that __
helicopters at this height sufficiently rare enough to support REP
O’Connor concurrence in Riley
D should bear proof to show REP by showing flight rare