Is the smell of contraband sufficient to establish probable cause?
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The following excerpt is from Hopkins v. City of Sierra Vista, Ariz., 931 F.2d 524 (9th Cir. 1991):
10 The court suggested the odor of contraband might itself be sufficient to establish probable cause. Id. (citing Johnson v. United States, 333 U.S. 10, 13, 68 S.Ct. 367, 368, 92 L.Ed. 436 (1948)).
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