Commonwealth v. Cihylik

How courts have described this case

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• noting that the word “houses” in the Fourth Amendment also includes the curtilage
• no legitimate expectation of privacy in contents of garbage pit located beside a barn on leased lot
• appellant did not have any reasonable expectation of privacy in discarded trash as he demonstrated intent to abandon contents of trash pit beside a barn on leased property
• “[P]rineiples of property law reflect society’s express recognition of an individual’s authority to conduct himself as he desires in certain areas and, while not controlling, ‘should be considered in determining whether an individual’s expectations of privacy are reasonable.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).