U.S. v. Covarrubias

In prosecution on drug distribution charge, Dist. Ct. did not err in denying defendant’s motion to suppress drugs seized from car being delivered to him from across country, where Dist. Ct. properly found that defendant lacked standing to contest admission of said drugs. Record showed that: (1) car hauler had authority to drive said car on and off trailer and to and from trailer to pickup or delivery site; and (2) car hauler had given police authority to search instant locked car. As such, defendant did not have legitimate expectation of privacy in said car, where: (1) defendant did not own car, had never been inside it, and had never controlled car’s contents; and (2) car’s hauler controlled and had access to car, which allowed car hauler to act in contravention to defendant’s privacy interests.