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Pretrial detainee had no expectation of privacy in her outgoing mail

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Pretrial detainee had no expectation of privacy in her outgoing mail because of the reduced expectation of privacy of inmates. Hawkins v. State, 2008 Ind. App. LEXIS 949 (April 29, 2008). Both defendants' statements they had permission to use the car searched was sufficient to confer standing. The state did not counter that testimony. Campos v. State, 2008 Ind. LEXIS 330 (April 30, 2008).* The Indiana statute on announcement does not always prohibit a no knock entry. Under the facts of this case, the police had reasonable suspicion that announcement would frustrate their purpose or potentially lead to violence, so they did not have to announce here. Beer v. State, 2008 Ind. App. LEXIS 952 (April 29, 2008).*

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on May 05, 2008 (boomark / email).