UNITED STATES v. PIMENTAL

No. 80-1348.

645 F.2d 85 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ronald PIMENTAL, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey R. Peters, Boston, Mass., with whom Paul T. Smith, and Jeffrey M. Smith, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendant-appellant.

Janis M. Berry, Asst. U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., with whom Edward F. Harrington, U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, ALDRICH and WINTER, Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Chief Judge.

Appellant claims as error the district court's refusal to suppress a photograph of his car during his trial for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marihuana. We do not understand him to argue that he had a legitimate expectation of privacy in the exterior of his auto while parked on a public road. Rather he claims that the photo was the fruit of illegal seizure under the doctrine of Wong Sun v. United States,

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