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D.P.R.: Loaning a rented car to another is a waiver of any expectation of privacy

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Defendant rented a car and then loaned it to co-conspirators. He had no reasonable expectation of privacy in the car when he loaned it. United States v. Guzman-Correa, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7743 (D. P.R. January 24, 2011).* Meth odor coming from car was probable cause for search of the car. United States v. Bowman, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8043 (E.D. Tenn. January 27, 2011), adopting 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 140613 (E.D. Tenn. November 22, 2010).* Based on information from wiretaps, there was probable cause to believe that defendant’s car had cocaine in it. United States v. Solorio, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7877 (M.D. Pa. January 27, 2011).* Officers did a knock and talk in a child pornography investigation, and talked to defendant about the possibility that his credit card had been compromised and used to by child pron on the internet...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on January 31, 2011 (boomark / email).