Ricks v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 74 state decisions

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1. “[Mjore than a subjective .expectation of not being discovered. A burglar plying his trade in a summer cabin during the off season may have a thoroughly justified subjective expectation of privacy, but it is not one which the law recognizes as “legitimate.” His presence ... is “wrongful;” his expectation is not “one that society is prepared to recognize as ‘reasonable.’ ””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Whiting v. State · State v. Cheek

2. “[Wjhile appellants’ counsel’s assertion that the appellants were “invitees” did not constitute evidence, it was confirmatory of the apparent earlier concession by the prosecutor that the appellants were in the apartment at the invitation of the lessee. Moreover, there was an indication ... that on several occasions ... appellant Ricks, used a key to gain entrance, either to the building in which the apartment was located, or into the apartment itself.... [M]ere presence in another’s apartment, without more, would not suffice to establish a legitimate expectation of privacy. More than mere presence, however, is arguably shown in this case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Whiting v. State

3. “prohibited the interception and use of oral and wire communications unless obtained in strict conformity with the Act's provisions, which prescribed a uniform minimum national standard governing the interception and use of such communications in connection with a number of designated criminal offenses.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Davis v. State