United States v. Sierra-Serrano, No. 20-1340 (8th Cir. 2021)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence of drugs found during a safety inspection of a semi transporting three vehicles, one of which contained the drugs. The court concluded that defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy because defendant did not prove that he owned the vehicle that the drugs were found in or that he was its sender or intended recipient. Therefore, defendant had no standing to challenge the search and the court did not reach the merits of his Fourth Amendment claim.
Court Description: [Kobes, Author, with Gruender and Erickson, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Criminal law. Defendant failed to prove he had an ownership interest in the searched vehicle being transported to Minnesota, and he had no standing to challenge the search; defendant did not show that he was the sender of the car or its intended recipient, and he had no reasonable privacy interest in the vehicle.
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