California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hamilton, 168 Cal.App.3d 1058, 214 Cal.Rptr. 596 (Cal. App. 1985):
" '[T]he question is whether the challenged search and seizure violated the Fourth Amendment rights of a criminal defendant who seeks to exclude the evidence obtained during it. [168 Cal.App.3d 1063] That inquiry in turn requires a determination of whether the disputed search and seizure has infringed an interest of the defendant which the Fourth Amendment was designed to protect....' " (Id., at pp. 882-883, 210 Cal.Rptr. 631, 694 P.2d 744, citing Rakas v. Illinois (1978) 439 U.S. 128, 140, 99 S.Ct. 421, 429, 58 L.Ed.2d 387.)
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