42 Wash. App. 840 - State v. Carey’s Empirical Analysis

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18 state decisions

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1. “‘People may go on living in their homes or working in their offices after a fire. Even when that is impossible, private effects often remain on fire damaged premises.’ Privacy expectations will vary with the type of property, the amount of fire damage, the prior and continued use of the property, and in some cases, the owner’s efforts to secure it against intruders. Some fires may be so devastating that no reasonable privacy expectation remains 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.” ’ If reasonable privacy interests remain in the fire damaged property, the warrant requirement applies, and any official entry must be made pursuant to a warrant in the absence of consent or exigent circumstances.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 379 Pa. Super. 337 - Commonwealth v. Ellis