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LA4: No reasonable expectation of privacy in Katrina damaged abandoned home

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Defendant was allegedly drug dealing out of a Hurricane Katrina damaged and abandoned building with no windows or doors, and a neighbor complained to the police. He had no expectation of privacy against a police entry. State v. Patterson, 2010 La. App. LEXIS 706 (La. App. 4th Cir. May 12, 2010);* State v. Carter, 2010 La. App. LEXIS 710 (La. App. 4th Cir. May 10, 2010).* Since defendant’s unpursued motion to suppress was meritless, defense counsel cannot be ineffective assistance of counsel. Burgess v. United States, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 48464 (S.D. Ohio April 22, 2010).* Defendant made a sufficient showing of a Randolph veto of consent issue to get a hearing. United States v. Penlton, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 48175 (W.D. Wis. April 16, 2010)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on May 20, 2010 (boomark / email).