VARNER v. U.S.

No. 94-CF-1055.

685 A.2d 396 (1996)

Kevin VARNER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 14, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter S. Booth, Washington, DC, was on the brief for appellant.

Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney, with whom John R. Fisher, Roy W. McLeese, III, Patricia M. Haynes, and Pamela S. Satterfield, Assistant United States Attorneys, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FARRELL and KING, Associate Judges, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.


KING, Associate Judge:

In this case we are presented with the question whether the driver of an automobile, who is not the owner, when the owner of the vehicle was present as a passenger, has standing to challenge a search of the vehicle, which resulted in the seizure of incriminating evidence from the engine compartment. We conclude that a driver, under these circumstances, does not have standing to challenge the search; therefore, the trial court did not err in...

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