Defendant who bought a vehicle and then loaned it to another to do a drug run lacked standing in the vehicle. \u201cHaving provided the Yukon to Sandy for purposes of making the trip to New Orleans, Jorge Gomez thereby relinquished any expectation of privacy in the vehicle.\u201d Denial of knowledge of a secret compartment in a vehicle is a waiver of any claim of a reasonable expectation of privacy in the compartment. United States v. Gomez, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 99920 (S.D.N.Y. July 29, 2016).<\/p>\n
The district court logically could conclude that the officer was more credible about defendant\u2019s stop than defendant who lied repeatedly during the traffic stop and tried to get the passenger to lie, too. The district court found the search of the car valid as an inventory search, and defendant doesn\u2019t challenge it on appeal. United States v. Vires<\/a>, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 13864 (8th Cir. Aug. 1, 2016).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Defendant who bought a vehicle and then loaned it to another to do a drug run lacked standing in the vehicle. \u201cHaving provided the Yukon to Sandy for purposes of making the trip to New Orleans, Jorge Gomez thereby relinquished … Continue reading