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EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY -- MOTEL PARKING LOT

NCJ Number
148421
Journal
Crime to Court: Police Officer's Handbook Dated: (May 1994) Pages: complete issue
Author(s)
J C Coleman
Date Published
1994
Length
34 pages
Annotation
The case discussed in this pamphlet involved a man, arrested for narcotics possession, who claimed a constitutional right-to-privacy for his car, which was parked in a motel lot in front of his room.
Abstract
This pamphlet describes the case of United States v. Ludwig and notes the case law on the various legal issues, which include warrantless police entry into an area protected by expectations of privacy, things knowingly exposed to public, dog sniffs not searches, curtilage to business office, observations from rightfully occupied vantage points not a search, probable cause defined, and automobile exception and its applicability when vehicle is mobilized.