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Commonwealth v. Hawkins

Citations

  • 718 A.2d 265
  • 553 Pa. 76

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  • holding that defendant lacked legitimate expectation of privacy relative to drugs seized from another person
  • explaining that subsequent decisions of this Court require defendants to prove “a legitimate expectation of privacy” to prevail in the suppression context under the federal and state constitutions
  • explaining that subsequent decisions of this Court require defendants to prove “a legitimate expectation of privacy” to prevail in the suppression context under the federal and state constitutions
  • maintaining, under Article I, Section 8, a bar on derivative standing, consistent with federal Fourth Amendment jurisprudence
  • applying Edmunds analysis to Article I, Section 8 claim that criminal defendants \should be able to vicariously assert privacy interests belonging to others in order to challenge allegedly intrusive police conduct\
  • maintaining a bar on derivative standing, a doctrine that would have allowed a defendant to vicariously assert the constitutional privacy interests belonging to another in a suppression motion

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Judges: Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor

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