Trouble with California

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:

lakeside013104 wrote:

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:

am1958 wrote:

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:

am1958 wrote:

As to your insistence of the paranoid phrase of "giving up your rights", it actually called and Supreme Court uphold "automobile exception" search of vehicle for probable cause in which a LEO is given wide latitude.

.:C:)

SAM1, your statement is factual, accurate, and to the point.

Thanks for your input.

Lakeside

Thanks! I can't really understand why anyone can't understand that very simple statement and would want to paint a paranoid worst-case scenario and "giving up rights" on the particular decided Supreme Court decision.

You can even Google automobile exception and it will give you the list of cases and on top the Supreme Court opinion.

My career choice required me to study and pass Constitutional Law, especially related to the 4th Amendment. The 'mobile conveyance' exception is exactly as you stated.

Another exception to the 4th Amendment that I found very interesting was the section related to the 'free air sniff' by a trained K9. Again this law was challenged and ended up with a Supreme court ruling. The short story is that walking a trained K9 around the outside of a mobile conveyance is perfectly legal and if the K9 alerts, the fun begins when the driver refuses to give consent for a vehicle search. Sorry pal, after a 'trained and certified' K9 alert to the exterior of your vehicle, your vehicle will be searched regardless of your protests.

Interesting read.

Lakeside