Supreme Court· 7/1/1996

Pennsylvania v. Labron

Citations

518 U.S. 938
116 S. Ct. 2485
135 L. Ed. 2d 1031
1996 U.S. LEXIS 4268

How courts have described this case

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explaining that the automobile exception “permits police to search the vehicle”
if a car is readily mobile and probable cause exists to believe it contains contraband, the Fourth Amendment allows a search without more
Fourth Amendment does not require exigent circumstances to justify the warrantless search of a motor vehicle stopped in transit or seized or searched in public place
“If a car is readily mobile and probable cause exists to believe it contains contraband, the Fourth Amendment permits police to search the vehicle without more.”
“If a car is readily mobile and probable cause exists to believe it contains contraband, the Fourth Amendment thus permits police to search the vehicle without more.”
reversal by U.S. Supreme Court on Fourth Amendment issue

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Judges: Stevens

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