Instructional Objectives for this activity:
Describe the reasonable expectation of privacy.
This week's learning activities have given you insight into the fundamental rights of persons to be protected from unreasonable searches and seizures in regard to their homes, persons, papers, and effects The U.S. v. Katz case is a landmark case that tested the concept of privacy under the Fourth Amendment.
After carefully reviewing the material in the learning activities, complete the following:
- Write a case brief of U.S. v. Katz, including facts, procedural history, issue, rule, analysis, and conclusion. Label each component of the brief.
- Answer the following questions:
- What is Justice Harlan's formulation of the privacy test?
- Why did the majority of the Court reject the trespass doctrine?