misplaced confidence
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From 385 U.S. 293 - Hoffa v. United States · 1966Most cited · 4,443 citing opinions
Neither this Court nor any member of it has ever expressed the view that the Fourth Amendment protects a wrongdoer's misplaced belief that a person to whom he voluntarily confides his wrongdoing will not reveal it.