Defendant lacked standing to contest the seizure of the Kool cigarette box that he had deposited on the sidewalk near the curb. Even if defendant had a subjective expectation of privacy in a crumpled cigarette box lying on the sidewalk, "society would not accept that expectation as objectively reasonable" (People v Mims,
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