Weintraub v. State

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that evidence discovered through an inventory search is admissible despite the fact the evidence is obtained without a warrant
• explaining that the purpose of an inventory search is to protect personal property, insulate officers from charges of theft, and expose any possible danger
• explaining that an inventory search is a well-established exception to the Fourth Amendment's probable cause and warrant requirements
• concluding an inventory search was unconstitutional where the inventory list included only 8 items, but the vehicle contained approximately 100 items including a wallet with money and identification and $150 in cash that were not listed
• invalidating a similarly vague inventory following the search of a vehicle
• “[IJnventory search must be carried out pursuant to standardized official department procedures and must be administered in good faith in order to pass constitutional muster.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).