Rakas v. Illinois, No. 77-5781 (U.S. Supreme Court) (439 U.S. 128; 99 S.Ct. 421) (December 5, 1978) (Justice Rehnquist)
In this case a divided Court held that the Fourth Amendment protects property, not people, and specifically that a legitimate occupant of an automobile may not invoke the exclusionary rule and challenge a search of that vehicle unless he happens to own or have a possessory interest in it. The ...
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