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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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