\u201cThe court acknowledges the government’s point that Moran did not retain a key to the storage unit once he was jailed, and that Moran had appeared perfectly amenable to the bags being placed in Alysha’s more heavily-trafficked apartment rather than in the arguably more restrictive storage unit. But at bottom, the court cannot find Moran’s actions to constitute relinquishment, abandonment, or public exposure of his belongings such that the Fourth Amendment does not attach.\u201d Defendant, however, agreed to move the bags from the storage unit to a friend\u2019s house where she had apparent authority to consent to their search. United States v. Moran, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 165354 (D. Mass. Oct. 5, 2017).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cThe court acknowledges the government’s point that Moran did not retain a key to the storage unit once he was jailed, and that Moran had appeared perfectly amenable to the bags being placed in Alysha’s more heavily-trafficked apartment rather than … Continue reading