A defendant is required to have standing in order to challenge the introduction of evidence at trial. In the following scenario, which party may assert the claim? An officer stopped a vehicle fleeing the scene of what was believed to be a robbery. In addition to the driver, there was a passenger in both the front and back seat. A search beneath the front driver’s seat revealed significant amounts of narcotics and a firearm. The front passenger wishes to suppress this evidence at his criminal trial. What will be the result?
What will be an ideal response?
Neither passenger would have standing. Only the driver would have standing to suppress this evidence.
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