A drug dog’s alert on defendant’s car justified a search of any containers in it, including her purse. United States v. Carter, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 4908 (5th Cir. March 11, 2013).*
Officers’ entry into defendant’s curtilage was justified by seeing a gun in his waistband. United States v. Meidel, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35227 (W.D. Mo. March 14, 2013).*
Police executed a search warrant at defendant’s house finding drugs. She was seen approaching in her car, and she was stopped. Because of the search, officers had probable cause to arrest her. When she was stopped, she admitted some drugs in her car. [Apparently she did not contest the lack of a Miranda warning.] State v. Dickey, 2013 Minn. App. LEXIS 15 (March 11, 2013).*
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