United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's drug manufacturing conviction is affirmed where: 1) defendant could not show that the police invaded an area in which he possessed a reasonable expectation of privacy when they walked up his driveway and attached a tracking device to his vehicle; and 2) the police did not conduct an impermissible search of defendant's car by monitoring its location with mobile tracking devices.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/05/2009
• Decided 01/11/2010
• Published 01/11/2010

Judges

• Before: DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges, and CHARLES R. WOLLE, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Harrison Latto, of Portland, OR, argued the cause for the defendant-appellant and filed the briefs., Amy E. Potter, of Portland, OR, Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, argued the cause for the appellee. Karin J. Immergut, United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, and Judith R. Harper, of Medford, OR, Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, were on the brief.