Based on information from a reliable informant, the police developed probable cause for a search of Dishon Ist's automobile for the purposes of looking for a large stolen desktop computer

Inside the passenger compartment, the police found a small backpack that they wished to open. At this point no probable cause for arrest existed. Complete with the correct response.
A) Enforcement officials could look for the stolen desktop computer inside the auto and open the backpack just to see what might be found therein.
B) Any search of an automobile does not require any probable cause since one has little Fourth Amendment expectation of privacy in an automobile.
C) The police could open the backpack since probable cause to search the automobile gives power to search anything contained within.
D) The police could not open Dishon Ist's backpack even with probable cause to search the automobile for the computer.
E) B and D are both correct.


D

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