D.Mass.: Although stop might have been unreasonable, def fled from car and abandoned his drugs

Defendant’s stop likely was without reasonable suspicion, but he fled from the car after the stop and tossed a bag of drugs under another car. That was abandonment. United States v. Wilkins, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 58058 (D.Mass. Apr. 2, 2020).

Defendant made no effort to show standing in cell phones left in a car that was abandoned on flight from it. Even if he could, they were abandoned. United States v. Matthews, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 58032 (N.D. Ga. Feb. 21, 2020).*

Prior observation of a hand-to-hand drug deal from defendant’s car then the smell of marijuana was probable cause for a search under the automobile exception. State v. Terry, 2020 Del. LEXIS 120 (Apr. 2, 2020).*

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