State v. Oien

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Jason Oien appealed his conviction for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia, entered upon a conditional plea of guilty after the district court denied his motion to suppress. We affirm, concluding Oien did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the premises searched, and therefore may not challenge the search that led to his arrest.

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[¶ 2] Sarah Jones, Oien’s girlfriend, was renting an apartment from the Housing Authority of Cass County. In March 2005, police were called to Jones’ apartment…