United States v. Ostrum: Motion to Suppress Denied

This episode discusses a judicial opinion from United States v. Ostrum concerning a defendant's motion to suppress evidence in a criminal case. The defendant, Dylan Ostrum, sought to exclude evidence obtained from the search of a stolen rental car and two safes found inside it, arguing the search violated his Fourth Amendment rights. The court denied the motion, ruling that Ostrum lacked standing to challenge the search because he had no reasonable expectation of privacy in a stolen vehicle. Furthermore, the court found the search permissible under both the automobile exception due to probable cause and as a lawful inventory search conducted according to police policy.