State v. Lo

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that “the starting point for interpreting a statute is the language of the statute itself’ (citation omitted)
• affirming the suppression of audio and video recordings obtained from equipment installed in a hotel room because the defendant’s temporary abode constituted a “private place” “by virtue of his rightful presence”
• “[A] hotel room ostensibly serving as someone’s temporary abode is a ‘private place’ ... [and the person] is ‘entitled to privacy thereinf.]’ ”
• an employee has a reasonable expectation of privacy within his or her office
• “[I]f a case can be decided on either of two grounds, one involving a constitutional question, the other a question of statutory construction or general law, this court will decide only the latter.”
• “If a case can be decided on either of two grounds, one involving a constitutional question, the other a question of statutory construction or general law, this court will decide only the latter.” (cleaned up)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).