The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Day, 101 F.3d 706 (9th Cir. 1996):
1 Compare California v. Carney, 471 U.S. 386, 392 (1985) (warrantless search of a mobile motor home in which a person has a reduced expectation of privacy), and United States v. Gooch, 6 F.3d 673 (9th Cir.1993) (a tent is like a house, and therefore appellant had a reasonable expectation of privacy).
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