Arrested Driver Loses Bid to Suppress Gun Found in Rental Car

A man who was driving a rental car without authorization can’t challenge the introduction of a handgun police found in the vehicle as evidence against him because he had no reasonable expectation of privacy, the Fourth Circuit ruled.

Although Derrick Daniels had possession of the rental car, he had to show that his possession was lawful in order to establish a legitimate expectation of privacy in the vehicle, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit said Monday in an opinion written by Judge Julius N. Richardson.

Daniels’ attorney asserted at the suppression hearing in the US District Court ...