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LA: No expectation of privacy in what could be seen through the garage door of a business

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Defendants had no reasonable expectation of privacy in being seen through garage doors with drugs. There was no showing that the officer even had to walk up to the gap to look. This case is virtually the same as State v. James, 980 So. 2d 769 (La. App. 4th Cir. March 12, 2008), of which the court quotes seven pages (so why not just say "this case is the same, affirmed; unpublished"?). State v. Fournette, 2008 La. App. LEXIS 1024 (La. App. 4th Cir. July 2, 2008).* Bailing from a car during a pursuit and running away from it is an abandonment of the car. The court cites to a similar unpublished opinion. Watkins v. Commonwealth, 2008 Ky. App. LEXIS 213 (July 11, 2008): While being pursued by a police officer, Watkins sought to evade police before coming to a sudden stop in a median between lanes of traffic...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on July 16, 2008 (boomark / email).