People v. Mamon

This case presents us with the issue whether the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution and Michigan’s analogous provision, Const 1963, art 1, § 11,1 apply to a defendant who discards illegal contraband during a police chase. Our determination of this issue depends upon the resolution of two narrower issues: First, whether a person has standing in the context of the Fourth Amendment to challenge the introduction of a discarded bag containing illegal drugs, or, more specifically, whether the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy in the discarded bag and its contents, and,…