What is the current state of the law on privacy issues in marijuana possession?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Mayberry, 182 Cal.Rptr. 617, 31 Cal.3d 335, 644 P.2d 810 (Cal. 1982):
It is perhaps true that appellant might have better ensured his privacy by resorting to extraordinary measures to prevent the escape of even one marijuana molecule. The Fourth Amendment does not require that of him, however. This court has specifically rejected the notion that "in order to preserve a modicum of privacy," a citizen need avail himself of "a light-tight, air-proof box." 8 (See Lorenzana v. Superior
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