Which of the following cases permitted the police to stop motorists and search their vehicles of they had probable cause that the drivers were transporting contraband?

a. Whren v. United States
b. Mapp v. Ohio
c. Tennessee v. Garner
d. Brown v. City of Oneonta


a. Whren v. United States

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