Rakas v. Illinois
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Rakas v. Illinois, , was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, in which The Court held that the "legitimately on the property" requirement of Jones v. United States, for challenging the legality of a police search, was too broad. The majority opinion by then-Associate Justice Rehnquist held that a defendant need show a reasonable expectation of privacy in the place searched in order to be eligible to challenge the search. For example, an overnight guest in a friend's apartment has such "standing".
In the case at issue, the Court ruled that vehicular passengers in a car they did not own had no such legitimate expectation.
In the case at issue, the Court ruled that vehicular passengers in a car they did not own had no such legitimate expectation.