USA v. Shawn Ewing, No. 10-50131 (9th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed a denial of his motion to suppress evidence against him when he was charged with counterfeiting currency and possessing with the intent to use counterfeit currency. At issue was whether the arresting officer's examination of folded bills, partially concealed in the weatherstripping of the car in which defendant was a passenger, violated defendant's Fourth Amendment rights. The court held that defendant's Fourth Amendment rights were not violated where the officer had probable cause to search the car and to examine suspected contraband within it when the officer identified several interrelated factors that, under the totality of the circumstances, created a fair probability that a search of the car would yield evidence of the crime and when defendant did not establish that the officer required independent probable cause to unfold the bills.
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