People v. Saunders

OPINION OF THE COURT

Dominic R Massaro, J.

The principal issue to be resolved on this reconsideration is whether use of a toilet stall in a public restroom at a prison facility gives rise to a subjective expectation of privacy that society accepts as objectively reasonable. The court holds that it does not, and that governmental intrusion in this limited context is not constitutionally prohibited by the Fourth Amendment Search and Seizure Clause. The reported cases provide no guidance with respect to the unique fact pattern presented here.

*545An indictment has been filed against the defendant…