expectation of privacy

expectation of privacy. A belief in the existence of the right to be free of governmental intrusion in regard to a particular place or thing. • To suppress a search on privacy grounds, a defendant must show the existence of the expectation and that the expectation was reasonable. [Cases: Searches and Seizures 26. C.J.S. Searches and Seizures §§ 20–24, 27–28, 30–35, 38, 41, 66, 72.]

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