Hiding a gun in the wheel well of someone else’s vehicle to keep it from the police is an abandonment. “Defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy in the wheel well of someone else’s red Ford parked on a public Philadelphia street, where he abandoned the 9 mm Taurus handgun.” Whatever happened after that is pretty much moot as far as finding the gun is concerned. United States v. Manigault, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16269 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 30, 2020).<\/p>\n
Defendant\u2019s claim his stop was without probable cause was waived by not filing a motion to suppress. Village of St. Paris v. Galluzzo<\/a>, 2020-Ohio-308, 2020 Ohio App. LEXIS 262 (2d Dist. Jan. 31, 2020).<\/p>\n The USMJ just doesn\u2019t believe that defendant committed a lane violation or was following too closely to justify his stop based on the dashcam video. United States v. Diaz, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 225960 (D.S.C. Dec. 3, 2019).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hiding a gun in the wheel well of someone else’s vehicle to keep it from the police is an abandonment. “Defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy in the wheel well of someone else’s red Ford parked on a public … Continue reading