Hawkins v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “'Beginning with the decision in Carroll v. United States , 267 U.S. 132 , [ 45 S.Ct. 280 , 69 L.Ed. 543 ] (1925), the Supreme Court has defined an exception to the Fourth Amendment for automobile searches. The legality of a warrantless automobile search is based on the existence of probable cause to believe that the automobile is carrying contraband subject to forfeiture under the law, and the difficulties of securing a moveable vehicle while a warrant is obtained. It is the suspected contraband on which the analysis focuses and for which this type of warrantless search and seizure is allowed.' " Hawkins v. State , 565 So.2d 1193 , 1196 (Ala.Cr.App.), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1012 , 111 S.Ct. 580 , 112 L.Ed.2d 585 (1990). "If probable cause justifies the search of a lawfully stopped vehicle, it justifies the search of every part of the vehicle and its contents that may conceal the object of the search.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Callahan v. State