In what circumstances will a police officer have probable cause to search a footlocker and two suitcases?
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The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Johns, 707 F.2d 1093 (9th Cir. 1983):
In United States v. Chadwick, 433 U.S. 1, 97 S.Ct. 2476, 53 L.Ed.2d 538 (1977), the police officers had all the facts giving them probable cause to believe that contraband was in the footlocker and the suitcases before those containers were placed in the trunks of the cars. Placing the containers in the cars did not give the officers probable cause to search the entire vehicle. In
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