M.D.La.: Where def shared a car with one key, he had no standing when it was searched when he was out of possession

Defendant lacked standing in the car a gun was found in. He was free to use the car when he wanted, but he wasn’t at the time of the search. It was his grandfather’s car, there was one key, and he had to borrow the key to use it. At the time of the search, he’d returned it and the key to his grandfather and he had no right to exclude others from the car when it was searched. (When the car was last occupied by him, he didn’t even drive it.) United States v. Carter, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39374 (M.D. La. Mar. 10, 2018).

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