Posted On: November 29, 2007
NINTH CIRCUIT SAYS DEFENDANT WHO ABANDONED COTTAGE LOST EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY IN HIS FORGOTTEN BACKPACK
"Knepper claims that the warrantless search of the bedroom where his backpack was recovered was illegal. The district court found that Knepper had abandoned the cottage and thus lacked an expectation of privacy in his former bedroom." That finding is supported by the evidence.
United States v. Knepper, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 28064 (9th Cir. November 29, 2007).
