· 9/8/2015
In the Int. of: I.M.S., a Minor
Citations
- 124 A.3d 311
- 2015 Pa. Super. 188
- 2015 Pa. Super. LEXIS 514
How courts have described this case
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- holding that in light of our adoption of the federal automobile exception in Gary, the rule announced in Houghton applies
- holding that Houghton applies in light of the Gary Court's bright line rule
- holding that a police officer had probable cause to arrest juvenile after juvenile admitted to possessing drugs, and thus the officer was authorized to conduct a search incident to arrest of juvenile’s backpack
- holding that Houghton applies in light of the Gary Court’s bright line rule
- finding that where an officer has probable cause to search a vehicle, that officer may search any container therein where contraband could be concealed
- discarding Supreme Court of Pennsylvania case law to apply federal, which holds that the probable cause to search a vehicle also licenses an officer to search all sealed containers therein, such as a backpack
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Judges: Bowes, Jenkins, Platt
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