{"id":58644,"date":"2024-08-16T10:38:26","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T15:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=58644"},"modified":"2024-08-16T10:38:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T15:38:26","slug":"pa-no-rep-against-use-of-a-light-transmittance-meter-for-window-tint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=58644","title":{"rendered":"PA: No REP against use of a light transmittance meter for window tint"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There is no reasonable expectation of privacy that an officer&#8217;s can\u2019t use a light transmittance meter on window tint that is plainly visible. \u201cNonetheless, application of the window tint meter here was not unreasonable in light of the authority granted to officers pursuant to \u00a7 6308(b). It is true that performing this test may occasionally involve manipulation of the glass to be tested; however, that is not materially different than opening a car door in order to verify a VIN or raising a hatch to confirm an engine number. See, e.g., New York v. Class \u2026\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacourts.us\/assets\/opinions\/Superior\/out\/J-A11007-24o%20-%20106033435277202502.pdf?cb=1\">Commonwealth v. Castaneira<\/a>, 2024 PA Super 178, 2024 Pa. Super. LEXIS 342 (Aug. 12, 2024).  (What about opening the car door to measure?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DUI advice of penalties and rights for refusing a BAC test doesn\u2019t violate due process. Nash v. Comm&#8217;r of Pub. Safety, 2024 Minn. App. LEXIS 365 (Aug. 2, 2024).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defendant\u2019s stop was supported by both reasonable suspicion of a traffic offense and probable cause based on collective knowledge because of defendant\u2019s prior activities reported to the officer making the stop. United States v. Hall, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 141831 (E.D. Ky. June 24, 2024),* adopted, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 141045 (E.D. Ky. Aug. 8, 2024).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no reasonable expectation of privacy that an officer&#8217;s can\u2019t use a light transmittance meter on window tint that is plainly visible. \u201cNonetheless, application of the window tint meter here was not unreasonable in light of the authority granted &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=58644\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,18,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drug-testing","category-reasonable-expectation-of-privacy","category-reasonable-suspicion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58645,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58644\/revisions\/58645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}