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Hey guys, welcome this episode of the Street Cop Training podcast.

My name is Dennis Benino.

And today I have something for you that you guys all love.

And it is a case law short.

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1985, a really good one. And you're really going to find value in this one. This is a U.S.

Supreme Court case that addresses the constitutionality of a warrantless search of a vehicle under the Fourth Amendment,

specifically in the context of vehicle searches after a delay and the automobile exception.

So here's the case background. In this case, federal agents observed a truck being used to transport

drugs. After following the truck for several hours, the agents arrested the driver and pounded

the vehicle. The agents then waited several hours before conducting a warrantless search of the truck during which they discovered

drugs hidden in the vehicle. The question before the Supreme Court was whether the delay in conducting

the search violated the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures.

So the main issue was whether the warrantless search of the truck conducted several hours

after the vehicle been impounded violated the Fourth Amendment rights of the defendant.

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