Commonwealth v. Skea

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “It is widely accepted that the discovery of some controlled substances gives probable cause to search for additional controlled substances in the vicinity.”
• probable cause does not demand a showing that a belief is correct or more likely true than not true
• vehicle search valid where police observed hand-rolled “marijuana cigarette” on console between front seats through the vehicle window as they stood outside in a public parking lot
• probable cause to search not always congruent with probable cause to arrest
• search of defendant’s person constitutionally justified by “probable cause to believe he carried marihuana or other controlled substances, coupled with exigent circumstances” inherent in unanticipated encounter in parking lot
• probable cause to search is not always congruent with probable cause to arrest

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).