Thompson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “' "When individuals voluntarily abandon property, they forfeit any expectation of privacy in it that they might have had. United States v. Berd , 634 F.2d 979 , 987 (5th Cir. 1981). Therefore, a warrantless search or seizure of abandoned property is not unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment. [Citations omitted.] The existence of police pursuit or investigation at the time of abandonment does not of itself render the abandonment involuntary. United States v. Colbert , 474 F.2d 174 , 176 (5th Cir. 1973) ; see generally, e.g., Berd , 634 F.2d at 987 , United States v. Canady , 615 F.2d 694 (5th Cir.), cert. denied. 449 U.S. 862 , 101 S.Ct. 165 , 66 L.Ed.2d 78 (1980) ; United States v. Williams , 569 F.2d 823 (5th Cir. 1978) ; [ United States v.] D'Avanzo , 443 F.2d 1224 [ (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 404 U.S. 850 , 92 S.Ct. 86 , 88, 30 L.Ed.2d 89 (1971) ]. " ' "The test for abandonment is whether an individual has retained any reasonable expectation of privacy in the object. [Citation omitted.] This determination is to be made by objective standards. United States v. Kendall , 655 F.2d 199 , 201 (9th Cir.1981), cert. denied, 455 U.S. 941 , 102 S.Ct. 1434 , 71 L.Ed.2d 652 (1982). An expectation of privacy is a question of intent, which "may be inferred from words spoken, acts done, and other objective facts.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tolbert v. State · Martin v. State