Week 5 - Set 2

T/F: if the police have probable cause to search a car, they can search containers within the car, including a jewelry box or trunk.
True False

T/F: if police only have probable cause to search the container, which coincidentally was in a car, they need a warrant to open the container.
True False

Case where:

- The police watched as a man enter his home carrying a package they had probable cause to believe contained marijuana.
- Before a search warrant could be obtained, (defendant) arrived at the house and left after about ten minutes carrying a bag that was the same size as the package.
- D put the bag in the trunk of his car and drove away.
- Fearful of losing the evidence, the police followed him, pulled him over, opened the trunk and looked inside the bag, finding marijuana.

T/F: The automobile exception permits the search of containers within automobiles.
True False

Fourth Amendment does not prohibit seizure of belongings not specifically listed in a warrant if items are in plain view and are found during a legal search for legal items

Elements of the Plain View Seizure:

immediately apparent” requirement