Wyoming v. Houghton

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1999-04-05

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Justice Breyer, concurring. I join the Court’s opinion with the understanding that history is meant to inform, but not automatically to determine, the answer to a Fourth Amendment question. Ante, at 299-300. I also agree with the Court that when a police officer has probable cause to search a ear, say, for drugs, it is reasonable for that officer also to search containers within the car. If the poli…

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