California v. Acevedo, No. 89-1690 (U.S. Supreme Court) (500 U.S. 565; 111 S.Ct. 1982) (May 30, 1991) (Justice Blackmun)
Case held that police, in a search extending only to a container within an automobile, may search the container without a warrant where they have probable cause to believe that it holds contraband or evidence.
In this case, the Supreme Court returned once again to this distinction between probable cause ...
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