D.Vt.: A passenger in a taxicab has no expectation of privacy in the interior

Defendant had no expectation of privacy in the interior of a taxicab from a dog sniff. Also, the driver consented to it, as he could do. United States v. Trapp, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 37766 (D. Vt. March 20, 2014).

Defendant’s stop was valid for reasonable suspicion he was involved in a hand to hand drug transaction. “Officer Edmond and his partner approached the defendant and began conversing with him from a distance of one to two feet, at which time a piece of crack cocaine fell out of his mouth.” That was plain view. State v. Hall, 2014 La. App. LEXIS 720 (La.App. 4 Cir. March 19, 2014).*

Defendant was stopped for cutting off a semi when pulling in after passing it. Once stopped, the officer found it was a rental car, and defendant wasn’t the renter or an authorized driver. Reasonable suspicion existed to extend the stop. State v. Brazil, 2014-Ohio-995, 2014 Ohio App. LEXIS 985 (6th Dist. March 7, 2014).*