The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Molina, 934 F.2d 1440 (9th Cir. 1991):
6 The cocaine was also admissible under the automobile exception to the warrant requirement. See United States v. Vasquez, 858 F.2d 1387, 1391 (9th Cir.1988), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 1034, 109 S.Ct. 847, 102 L.Ed.2d 978 (1989). Having discovered the cocaine in the box, the officer had the authority to search the closed suitcase. Id.
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