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State v. James

Citations

  • 589 A.2d 81
  • 87 Md. App. 39
  • 1991 Md. App. LEXIS 93

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  • police could lawfully conduct warrantless search of kick panel of car when probable cause existed to believe that kick panel concealed drugs and related paraphernalia
  • “The [warrantless automobile] search, if based on probable cause, is permitted to be as extensive as if the search was based on a warrant particularizing the object of the search”
  • “A search of every part of the automobile, including containers within it that may conceal the object of the search, is permitted,” and the officer “properly pursued a search of the area behind the kick panel.”

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Judges: Bell

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