This court case ruled that the conversation that took place between the defendant in the case and a government official did not qualify as an unlawful search as the defendant was knowingly and voluntarily in the official's suite.

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Hoffa v. United States (1966) established that the defendant's conversations with a government informant, who was present in the defendant's hotel suite with his consent, did not constitute an unlawful search. This was because the defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy in the conversations he willingly had with the informant.

This Court Case Ruled That the Conversation That Took Place