Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Latshaw
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 5, 1978No. 254PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIX, Justice.
We granted an appeal in this matter from an order of the Superior Court at 242 Pa.Super. 233, 363 A.2d 1246 (1976), affirming a judgment of sentence based upon evidence which appellant contends was obtained as a result of an unlawful search and seizure. The pivotal question is whether appellant had a reasonable expectation of privacy with respect to the contents of certain closed containers stored inside a barn with the consent of the owner’s relative who had a limited right to the use of the barn, where the owner of the barn neither knew nor specifically consented to the…
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