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U.S. v. Mercado, No. 01-10507 (10th Cir.) (307 F.3d 1226) (October 4, 2002) (Judge Monroe G. McKay)

In Florida v. White, 526 U.S. 559 (1999), a bitterly divided Supreme Court established what has become known as the “automobile exception” to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement. In that case, the majority held that "When federal officers have probable cause to believe that an automobile contains contraband, the Fourth ...

 

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