You See a Person Hastily Throw Something Away in a Trash

Multiple Choice

You see a person hastily throw something away in a trash can when he or she saw a police officer walking toward him or her. After you tell the police officer this, he reaches in the bag you saw and finds a gun. He then goes up to the person you saw throw it away and conducts a search. What does the finding of the gun signify to the court?

A) the reasonableness of the search
B) an illegal search
C) reasonable expectation of privacy
D) administrative justification