· 7/17/2002
Osment v. State
Citations
- 569 S.E.2d 262
- 256 Ga. App. 591
- 2002 Fulton County D. Rep. 2273
- 2002 Ga. App. LEXIS 967
How courts have described this case
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- holding that, after the defendant disavowed ownership of a bag, the defendant lacked standing to challenge the subsequent seizure and search of the bag
- defendant had no expectation of privacy in a bag stored under a bed in a trailer he did not own or rent
- defendant, who denied ownership of bag found stored under bed in someone else’s trailer, had no reasonable expectation of privacy
- motion to suppress properly denied where defendant effectively abandoned bag by denying ownership thereof
- officer can knock on door of residence without raising Fourth Amendment concerns
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Judges: Mikell, Andrews, Phipps
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