2018-IPG-36 (PRIVACY INTERESTS IN RENTAL CARS (BYRD) & THE CURTILAGE (COLLINS))

2017-IPG-36 (PRIVACY INTERESTS IN RENTAL CARS (BYRD) & THE CURTILAGE (COLLINS))  

This IPG (in conjunction with Points and Authorities) discusses two recent search and seizure cases from the United States Supreme Court.  The first is a case addressing whether an “unauthorized” person who was allowed to drive a rental car rented by another has a reasonable expectation in the rental car (Byrd v. United States (2018) 138 S.Ct. 1518.  The second is a case addressing whether the automobile exception allows for a warrantless entry onto the curtilage of a home to search a vehicle which officers have probable cause to believe is stolen (Collins v. Virginia 2018 WL 2402551).