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training in Nashville, Tennessee. We're Street Cop Training Podcast, I'm your host, founder, and CEO Street Cop Training.

My name is Dennis Benino.

Today I'm going to read some case law excerpts, which will help you do your job better and

help conceptualize how these applications apply in the field for you to know how to work within the confines of the Fourth Amendment.

US v Ross 1982, acting on an information from an informant that described an individual

was selling narcotics kept in the trunk of a certain car parked at a specific location.

District of Columbia police officers immediately drove to that location, found the car there, and a short while later

stopped the car and arrested the driver, the respondent, who matched the

informants description.

Once the officers opened the car's trunk, found a closed brown paper bag,

and after opening the bag discovered glassine bags containing white powder,

later determined to be heroin, the officer then drove the car to headquarters

where another warrantless search of the trunk revealed the zippered leather pouch containing cash.

The respondent was subsequently convicted of possession of heroin with the intent to distribute. The heroin The court the appeals reverse holding that while the officers had probable cause to stop and search

respond on its car, including its trunk, without a warrant,

they should have not opened either paper bag or leather pouch found in the

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