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People v. Brooks

Citations

  • 274 N.W.2d 430
  • 405 Mich. 225
  • 1979 Mich. LEXIS 432

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  • holding that there was no reasonable expectation of privacy in a VIN on a visible exterior portion of a vehicle, and recognizing that a different Fourth Amendment question would have been presented if the VIN had been on an interior portion of the vehicle
  • holding that there was no reasonable expectation of privacy in a VIN on a visible exterior portion of a vehicle, and recognizing that a different Fourth Amendment question would have been presented if the VIN had been on an interior portion of the vehicle
  • stating that the seizure and unfolding of a temporary driver’s license is not a search because there is no reasonable expectation of privacy in a driver’s license
  • explaining that it is not unreasonable for police to examine and hold as evidence the personal effects of an accused in their lawful custody as the result of a lawful arrest
  • relating to an earlier version of subsections 1 and 3

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Judges: Moody, Williams, Fitzgerald, Ryan, Coleman, Kavanagh, Levin

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