United States v. Larry Andre Sanders

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• holding that the defendant's statements disclaiming ownership of bag constitute a surrender of any legitimate expectation of privacy
• holding that defendant’s statements to officers -5- that he did not own bag found on bus on which he was traveling constituted abandonment for purposes of Fourth Amendment
• holding that defendant’s statements to officers that he did not own bag found on bus on which he was traveling con- stituted abandonment for purposes of Fourth Amendment
• emphasizing that the Fourth Amendment “does not immunize people who, finding themselves in a compromising situation, voluntarily trade their interest in privacy for a chance to escape incrimination, no matter how unwise that decision may seem in retrospect”
• rejecting argument that that defendant did not abandon his expectation of privacy “because officers knew he was lying when he claimed not to own the brown bag”
• rejecting argument that that defendant did not abandon his expectation of privacy “because officers knew he was lying when he claimed not to own the brown bag”

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