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CA8: Motel security's determination to eject "trespassers" denied them any REP in room

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

A guy named Inmon rented a motel room for one night for one person and then leave. Motel security noticed three people separately go to the room carrying bags. The police were called, and Inmon was arrested for no DL when he showed back up at the motel. Motel security then told the police the rest were trespassers and evict them. Nobody would answer the door, so motel security said to break in. Three people were inside with drugs. As trespassers, they had no reasonable expectation of privacy in the room. United States v. Bohmont, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 6287 (8th Cir. March 25, 2011) (unpublished): We address Inmon’s and Bohmont’s Fourth Amendment challenges separately, as each can rely only on his own expectation of privacy. Inmon rented the room that the officers searched, giving him a reasonable expectation of privacy in the room...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on March 31, 2011 (boomark / email).