Problem
A "False Friend" Scenario John Quinn was put in jail after being arrested as a homicide suspect. The prosecutor did not think she had enough evidence to proceed to trial, so she asked a police officer to dress in street clothes, pose as a jail inmate, and strike up a conversation with Quinn. The officer was placed in the same cell with Quinn and began to make small talk with him. Eventually, Quinn mentioned that he was involved in the murder of Valerie Hutton but that he was not the "trigger man." Quinn's attorney moved to have the statements suppressed on the grounds that a Fourth Amendment violation took place, arguing that Quinn had a reasonable expectation of privacy that his conversation would not be shared with or repeated to other individuals. Does Quinn have a reasonable expectation of privacy in this regard?