TN: Def’s disclaimer of interest in apartment he was in denied him standing

The trial court credited the officer’s testimony that defendant said that he could not consent to a search of the apartment he was in because it wasn’t his residence. That meant he lacked standing. The police came there expecting it to be his: “The fact that Detective Pitts initially chose to conduct a knock and talk at the Village Park residence because that address was associated with Defendant’s name on the report of pseudoephedrine purchases does not negate Defendant’s subsequent disclaimer of his interest in the property.” State v. Sutton, 2017 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 421 (May 19, 2017).

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