Is there a greater privacy expectation in a vehicle than a home or office?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Chan, 2017 BCPC 108 (CanLII):
The courts have held that while there is a diminished expectation of privacy in a motor vehicle as compared to a home or office, there is nonetheless some level of such an expectation: R v. Wise 1992 CanLII 125 (SCC), [1992] 1 SCR 527 at para 7.
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