Dean v. Fogliani

OPINION

By the Court,

Zenoff, D. J.:

This ease presents the problem of who has the right to object to the admission of evidence when there has been an unlawful search and seizure.

On April 13, 1963, a robbery was committed at Brickie’s Tavern, in Reno, Nevada. In the early morning hours of April 14, 1963, both petitioner and Roy Peter Hansen were arrested at Hansen’s home in Reno. Police officers acted upon a tip from one Jerry Scott, who gave them a key to the rear door of the Hansen house. Scott is identified only as an “occupant” of the Hansen house. The officers entered the house via the back…