United States v. Peter John Cormier

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• opining that the \`knock and talk'\ investigative technique is legal in the absence of suspicion as a \firmly-rooted notion in Fourth Amendment jurisprudence\
• holding a guest has no reasonable expectation of privacy in records held by the motel where he stayed
• noting that courts should consider state law in addition to any local police department policies when determining lawfulness of inventory search conducted by state or local police officers
• finding no reasonable expectation of privacy in information a person gave a hotel when he registered as a guest
• finding no reasonable expec- tation of privacy in information a person gave a hotel when he registered as a guest
• examining whether the defendant was in custody, the officers had their guns drawn, Miranda warnings were given, the defendant was told he/she had a right to refuse consent, and the defendant was told that a search warrant could be obtained

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