181 Ga. App. 613 - Pervis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “Privacy expectations will vary with the type of property, the amount of fire damage, the prior and continued use of the premises, and in some cases the owner’s efforts to secure it against intruders. Some fires may be so devastating that no reasonable privacy interests remain in the ash and ruins, regardless of the owner’s subjective expectations. The test essentially is an objective one: whether “the expectation [is] one that society is prepared to recognize as ‘reasonable.’ ””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Riley v. State · Carr v. State

2. “conducted in concert with law enforcement authorities, thus triggering the safeguards of the Fourth Amendment. [Cits.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 231 Ga. App. 823 - Johnson v. State