State v. Missouri

Chief Justice TOAL:

This Court granted certiorari to review the court of appeals’ decision reversing the trial court, which held that Petitioner Victor Missouri (Missouri) did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in another’s apartment and therefore could not challenge the search of the apartment under the Fourth Amendment. We reverse.

Factual/Procedural Background

In early 1995, Greenville detectives were investigating a crack-cocaine ring. The police obtained a warrant to search the apartment of Curtis and Laura Sibert (Siberts) for cocaine. Missouri was in the apartment at the time,…