The cutting off a padlock with a bolt cutter was done by a private person for a private purpose of looking for abandoned animals. The police arrived shortly thereafter and entered to assist in the private search in case there was trouble. Stanley v. State, 2011 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 24 (April 29, 2011).*<\/p>\n
Defendant was stopped for a traffic offense, after a few strange moves of the vehicle compared to his explanation about looking for gas. He consented to the officer looking at his gas gauge, and, in the front seat, the officer saw a package which he believed would have contained drugs. He did not need to conclusively know, just have probable cause, and the officer\u2019s having seen similar packages with drugs five times before was enough likelihood for probable cause. People v. Sinegal<\/a>, 2011 Ill. App. LEXIS 400 (March 30, 2011), published April 28, 2011. Another copy at People v. Sinegal, 409 Ill. App. 3d 1130, 350 Ill. Dec. 628, 948 N.E.2d 1135 (2011).<\/p>\n Because the property that the police approached was being used for illegal purposes and not being used as a home, none of the people there had a reasonable expectation of privacy. United States v. Rivas, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 142827 (W.D. Tenn. November 15, 2010).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" b2evALnk.b2WPAutP Continue reading