W.D.Pa.: No standing in an overdue rental car in somebody else’s name

Defendant had no standing in a rental car that was overdue and rented by somebody else who let him drive it. A representative of the rental car company came to the scene to retrieve it, and he consented to a search, and this was proper. United States v. Woodley, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 116170 (W.D.Pa. September 1, 2015).

It was reasonable under Heien for the officer to stop defendant because the license plate bracket obscured the top and bottom of the license plate. United States v. McCullough, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 117016 (M.D.Ala. August 4, 2015), adopted 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 116730 (M.D. Ala. August 17, 2015).*

Defendant’s abandoning his gun prior to his seizure by the officer was not the product of any illegality of the officer. United States v. Thompson, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 116757 (E.D.Pa. September 2, 2015).*