One night, Tiffany and Heather borrowed a friend's car so that they could both get to their jobs at the hotel where Tiffany and Heather worked in the restaurant

Question

In order to be able to stay awake and alert on their shift at the restaurant, the two college women took some amphetamine tablets that they got from their boyfriends at the local law school. For no valid reason, a police officer stopped the pair to see where they were going. The officer seemed to have an extra interest in Tiffany, the driver. He decided to search the interior of the car and found the bottle of amphetamine pills in the glove box of the car. Tiffany and Heather are hopeful that the evidence of drug possession can be excluded from evidence due to a Fourth Amendment violation. Select the answer that seems to state their true legal position most correctly.
A) Tiffany and Heather should have Fourth Amendment standing to contest the illegal stop because both college women were seized when the officer stopped the car.
B) The vehicle's owner would have to assert his Fourth Amendment standing in order to have the evidence suppressed if the prosecution tries to use the drug evidence against Tiffany and Heather.
C) Tiffany and Heather have standing to contest the illegal search and seizure by the police officer since anyone in lawful possession of the property such as an automobile would have an expectation of privacy in a glove box.
D) The owner has standing since he had loaned the car out to Tiffany and Heather and, therefore, he can vicariously suppress the evidence for them.
E) None of the above answers states the correct legal position for Tiffany and Heather.

Answer 1

A