context: The appellant left the bag in the motel room with his girlfriend, who was alone in the room when law enforcement arrived. The police believed that she had control of the room, and the evidence showed that the appellant intended to reunite with her after the drug transaction.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 936 F.2d 1561, 1570-71
citation_a.parenthetical: observing that leaving an item in the care of another may refute an intent to abandon it
citation_a.sentence: See United States v. Morgan, 936 F.2d 1561, 1570-71 (10th Cir.1991) (observing that leaving an item in the care of another may refute an intent to abandon it); cf. Knight, 61 VaApp. at 309 n. 5, 734 S.E.2d at 722 n. 5 (noting in dicta that an owner generally retains a reasonable expectation of privacy even in lost property, subject to the finder’s examining it to identify its owner).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.parenthetical: noting in dicta that an owner generally retains a reasonable expectation of privacy even in lost property, subject to the finder's examining it to identify its owner
citation_b.sentence: See United States v. Morgan, 936 F.2d 1561, 1570-71 (10th Cir.1991) (observing that leaving an item in the care of another may refute an intent to abandon it); cf. Knight, 61 VaApp. at 309 n. 5, 734 S.E.2d at 722 n. 5 (noting in dicta that an owner generally retains a reasonable expectation of privacy even in lost property, subject to the finder’s examining it to identify its owner).