California Court of Appeal· 1/15/1979

People v. Brown

Citations

88 Cal. App. 3d 283
151 Cal. Rptr. 749
1979 Cal. App. LEXIS 1291

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observing that “the question of privacy in a hospital ... to some degree depends on the person whose conduct is questioned”
observing that \the question of privacy in a hospital ... to some degree depends on the person whose conduct is questioned\
although by checking into hospital patient may waive right of privacy as to hospital personnel, patient has not turned \his\ room into a public thoroughfare
“[B]y checking himself into a hospital, a patient may well waive his right of privacy as to hospital personnel, [but] it is obvious that he has not turned ‘his’ room into a public thoroughfare.”

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Judges: Karlton

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