Can a search and seizure involving abandoned property be conducted without a warrant?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Trujillo, G055266 (Cal. App. 2019):
"[A] warrantless search and seizure involving abandoned property is not unlawful, because a person has no reasonable expectation of privacy in such property." (People v. Parson (2008) 44 Cal.4th 332, 345.) "[T]he intent to abandon is determined
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