Legal Opinion
United States v. Steve McKinnon
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 9, 1993No. 91-3944PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:
As a matter of first impression in this circuit, we hold that a person seated in a police car does not have a reasonable expectation of privacy under Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510, et seq. nor the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution.
FACTS
On January 3, 1991, law enforcement officers stopped a pick-up truck in which Theodore Pressley was the driver, and the appellant, Steve McKinnon, was a passenger, for failure to drive in a single lane on the Florida Turnpike extension in Sumter County, Florida. After Pressley…
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3Cited by58 opinions
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