As interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States, abandoned property, such as trash placed at the curb that the owner no longer wants or has any interest in using in any way
A) carries an expectation of privacy from everyone except from the trash pick up person.
B) carries an expectation of privacy in the original owner which cannot be defeated by police activity.
C) still carries an expectation of privacy since the person abandoning the property still expects that only the trash people will look through it.
D) indicates that the owner no longer has any desire to assert ownership or assert any expectation of privacy in the property.
E) none of the above statements is a correct response.
D
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