People v. Hernandez

Opinion

SIMS, J.

In this case police discovered evidence in one of several bedrooms in a house where each bedroom was occupied by a different person. The issue before us is whether a person who does not live in the bedroom in which the evidence was discovered, and who has never been given permission to enter the room, has a legitimate expectation of privacy in that room sufficient to challenge the introduction of the evidence on the ground it was seized in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. We conclude such a person has no privacy interest in a room from which…