Wilson v. State (Majority, with Concurring)
Annotate this CaseDefendant entered a conditional guilty plea to trafficking a controlled substance. The court of appeals affirmed. Defendant subsequently filed a petition for review, arguing that the circuit court erred in failing to suppress evidence seized during a traffic stop of the rental cae Defendant was driving because the law enforcement’s placement of a GPS tracking device on the vehicle without a warrant and gathering data about the vehicle’s movements was an unconstitutional search under United States v. Jones. The Supreme Court affirmed without considering Defendant’s argument that planting the GPS device was an unreasonable search under Jones, holding (1) Defendant had no legitimate expectation of privacy in the vehicle and no standing to challenge the search of the rental car; and (2) although Defendant had standing to challenge his own detention, the detention was reasonable.
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