United States v. Roy Lee Markland, Jr.

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• applying community caretaking exception where officer searched item found on public highway after accident
• applying community caretaking exception where officer searched item found on public highway after accident
• “This impersonal package could have contained anything from beer to bullion or a bomb. Its contents might have been perishable, valuable, or dangerous.”
• “This impersonal package could have contained anything from beer to bullion or a bomb. Its contents might have been perishable, valuable, or dangerous.”
• warrantless search of zippered vinyl Schlitz beverage bag permissible because bag not normally used for transporting personal items and no objective step taken to signal privacy; zipping shut not enough
• warrantless search of zippered vinyl Schlitz beverage bag permissible because bag not normally used for transporting personal items and no objective step taken to signal privacy; zipping shut not enough

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).