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Eighth Circuit· 7/2/2009

United States v. Davis

Citations

  • 569 F.3d 813
  • 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 14427
  • 2009 WL 1885254

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that drugs in the driver’s pocket and odor of marijuana provided probable cause to search the entire car
  • officers may search vehicle without warrant if they have probable cause to believe it contains evidence of criminal activity
  • “‘Among the exceptions to the warrant requirement is a search incident to a lawful arrest.’” (quoting Arizona v. Gant, 556 U.S. 332, 339 (2009))
  • “If there had been any doubt about whether the smell of smoldering cannabis constituted probable cause to search the vehicle, such doubt was obviated by the discovery of a bag of marijuana in Davis’s pocket.”

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Judges: Riley, Benton, Shepherd

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