Cars

Name: U.S. v. Dorais
Case #: 99-10091
Court: US Court of Appeals
District 9 Cir
Opinion Date: 03/01/2001
Subsequent History: None
  • Categories: Cars, Conducted with Consent, Procedure/Evidence, Search & Seizure

The denial of a motion to suppress evidence was affirmed where appellant Gomes had no privacy interest in a hotel room she had checked out of prior to the search of the room. Co-appellant Dorais' privacy interest had expired at…

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Name: People v. Ashburn
Case #: C036029
Court: CA Court of Appeal
District 3 DCA
Opinion Date: 07/25/2001
Subsequent History: Rev. grant & hold 10/17/01
  • Categories: Cars, Search & Seizure

Defendant was stopped for speeding and expired registration. An incorrect DMV record, relied on by the police, showed that defendant’s car registration had expired eight months earlier, so they impounded his car and found drugs during an inventory search. In…

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