US vs Finley

477 F.3d 250 Jan. 26, 2007

FACTS:
(Midland, Texas) there was an entrapment fr Mar! "rwn wh sells methampethamine
(meth). "rwn as!ed Ja#$ %ier#e Finle& t dri'e him t a tr(#! stp, the desi)nated meetin)
pla#e. Finle& a)reed, dr'e "arrn (sin) the #mpan& #ar.
The deal was dne and the "rwn and Finle& were arrested. %li#e f(nd the mar!ed mne&
and sme dr()s n a trash#an inside the #ar. *ne $ttle #ntainin) meth had Finle&+s name
n it. ,hen the& were $ein) -(estined, an ."/ a)ent t! Finle&+s #ellphne (#mpan&0
iss(ed $(t he #an (se it fr persnal p(rpses), l!ed at its #all and text histr&, and saw
sme texts that l!ed li!e it+s related t dr() (se. The& #nfrnted Finle& a$(t it. 1e
admitted that it was a$(t mari2(ana, nt meth.
ISSUES and HELDS:
3. 4id Finle& ha'e standin) t #hallen)e the #ellphne sear#h5 678
2. ,as the #ellphne sear#h 'alid5 678
RATIO:
3) Test of reasonale e!"e#tation of "riva#y s$ffi#ient to #ontest the validity
of the sear#h:
(3) whether the defendant is a$le t esta$lish an a#t(al, s($2e#ti'e expe#tatin f
pri'a#& with respe#t t the pla#e $ein) sear#hed r items $ein) sei9ed,
(2) whether that expe#tatin f pri'a#& is ne whi#h s#iet& w(ld re#)ni9e as
reasna$le.:
Fa#tors: ;whether the defendant has a <prpert& r= pssessr& interest in the thin) sei9ed r
the pla#e sear#hed, whether he has a ri)ht t ex#l(de thers frm that pla#e, whether he has
exhi$ited a s($2e#ti'e expe#tatin f pri'a#& that it w(ld remain free frm )'ernmental
intr(sin, whether he t! nrmal pre#a(tins t maintain pri'a#&<,= and whether he was
le)itimatel& n the premises.>
- 1ere, e'en th()h Finle& des nt wn the #ellphne, wnership is 2(st ne f the
#riteria. Finle& had a ri)ht t ex#l(de thers frm (sin) the phne (e'en th()h it
was nt passwrd0prte#ted)
2) 8ear#h was ?@,FA?
US vs Robinson: "in the case of a lawful custodial arrest a full search of the person is not
only an exception to the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment, but is also a
reasonable! search under that Amendment"#
- %li#e ffi#ers #an sear#h nt nl& fr weapns r instr(ments f es#ape n the
arrested persn, $(t als l! fr e'iden#e f the #rime in his persn s the& #an (se
it d(rin) trial (e'en #ntainers, whether pen r #lsed, n the persn)
- The sear#h was with(t warrant $e#a(se it+s nt re-(ired. 8ear#h was #nd(#ted
p(rs(ant t a 'alid #(stdial arrest.