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Guests had no standing in a hidden compartment in house they were visiting

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Defendants were clearly guests with standing. They had duffle bags in bedrooms and one even had a key, which he offered out of his pocket to the arresting officer to lock the door. However, there was a hidden compartment in the house, and they had no standing as to it. United States v. Ontiveros, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 33007 (S.D. N.Y. April 18, 2008).* Plaintiff's resistance to his arrest made the force used reasonable. Creveling v. Columbia County, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 33080 (M.D. Pa. April 22, 2008).* Defendant consented to a search and produced marijuana and then resisted. The record supports the finding of consent. United States v. Richardson, 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 8851 (8th Cir. April 24, 2008) (unpublished).*

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on April 25, 2008 (boomark / email).