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Jones v. U.S. (1960)
Petitioner: Mr. Jones. Jones was a guest in his friend's apartment when police officers serving a warrant arrested Jones for the possession of drugs. One of the officers actually saw Jones placing drugs in a bird nest outside the window of Jone's friend's apartment. Jones wanted to challenge the legality of the warrant but the lower courts ruled that he did not have standing over the apartment or the drugs found in that apartment to challenge the warrant used to search the apartment.
Respondent: U.S. Government
Issue: Does Jones have standing to challenge the legality of the warrant used to search the apartment in which he was only a guest?
Holding: Yes
Key Facts: If Jones wanted to establish standing over the evidence obtained in the apartment, he had to admit that he had the ownership over the drugs and that would have led to a sure conviction.
Legal Reasoning: Jones was on the property legitimately and he had reasonable expectation of privacy in his friend's apartment. A gues who is legitimately on another person's property is protected under the Fourth Amendment and he has the standing the challenge the search of his host's property if the search provides him damage.