vehicle searches

Question 1

what is the automobile exception

Answer 1

If the police has probable cause of seizable evidence being present in the car, they can search anything where the evidence may be found without a warrant

Question 2

where does the justifcation of the car exception stem from

Answer 2

expecation of privacy in your car

Question 3

key takeawa from Houghton case (clarfiying which containers fall under the car exception)

Answer 3

jacket or purses attached/worn by a person are not containers for purposes of vehicle exception

when a jacket/purse is directly associated with a person→ treated as part of the person → need a justification for a search of the person

Question 4

what if the car is on the curtilagw

Answer 4

If there is a conflict between curtilage, CURTILAGE ALWAYS WINS; nothing in car exception allows entering the curtilage