People v. Wolsk

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• circumstances establishing belief of contraband in car gave officer probable cause to search it as well as trunk, interior compartment and suitcase therein
• circumstances establishing belief of contraband in car gave officer probable cause to search it as well as trunk, interior compartment and suitcase therein
• “when police officers have probable cause to believe that there is incriminating evidence inside an automobile, the officers may conduct a warrantless search of the vehicle, even after it is in police custody”
• police may conduct a warrantless search of a vehicle transported to a police garage because the justification for a warrantless search does not vanish once the vehicle has been immobilized. (citing Thomas, 458 U.S. at 261-62)
• police may conduct a warrantless search of a vehicle transported to a police garage because the justification for a warrantless search does not vanish once the vehicle has been immobilized. (citing Thomas, 458 U.S. at 261-62)
• where police had probable cause to believe a vehicle contained contraband, they were entitled to search the car, “as well as any closed containers carried therein that might hold drugs or drug-related paraphernalia,” including the interior compartment, trunk, and a suitcase

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