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· 2/3/2026

Lorenzo Lopez v. Lon Jenkins

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that because the police officer “lacked advance notice and an opportunity to obtain a warrant before commencing [the] search, he had a lawful right of access to the interior of Appellee’s vehicle to recover the evidence”
  • observing interior of a vehicle through a window from outside the vehicle by shining a flashlight constitutes observation from a lawful vantage point
  • reversing grant of motion to suppress firearm observed in the back seat of a car during a traffic stop

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