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· 6/10/1976

United States v. Hipolito Cruz Pagan

Citations

  • 537 F.2d 554

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the curtilage of an apartment house does not extend beyond the resident’s own apartment and any separate areas subject to his exclusive control
  • holding that there was no “reasonable expectation of privacy with regard to objects left” in a condominium’s common underground parking garage
  • holding that defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy in parking garage of condominium
  • explaining that an apartment tenant’s “dwelling cannot reasonably be said to extend beyond his own apartment and perhaps any separate areas subject to his exclusive control” (cleaned up)
  • noting that whether or not agents' entry into condominium garage was a technical trespass \is not the relevant inquiry\ and concluding that condominium owner had no reasonable expectation of privacy in garage area
  • noting that whether or not agents' entry into condominium garage was a technical trespass \is not the relevant inquiry\ and concluding that condominium owner had no reasonable expectation of privacy in garage area

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Judges: Coffin, McEntee, Campbell

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