People v. Kilpatrick

In People v. Kilpatrick (1980) 105 Cal.App.3d 401, it was observed: " There is no search in the constitutional sense where police officers observe things in plain sight from a place they have a right to be. . . . Defendant's car was parked in the carport, and the victim's apparel was in plain sight without opening any doors or entering the car. 'Any expectation by defendant of privacy as to objects in plain sight in the car would have been unreasonable, and no constitutionally protected right of privacy was violated when the officers looked through the window of the car.' "