Opinion ID: 2588357
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Heading: The Facts of the Challenged Detention and Search

Text: In this case, the juvenile was subject to a validly imposed condition of probation that required him to submit his person and property, including his car, to warrantless searches and seizures at any time, with or without probable cause. While driving a car on a public street with three companions, the juvenile was pulled over by a police officer for a perceived traffic law violation, which perception later proved incorrect. The officer made no attempt to search the juvenile or his car for contraband at the outset of the stop. Instead, the officer followed routine traffic stop procedures and asked the juvenile for his driver's license, which the juvenile said he did not have. As the two spoke, the officer saw a box of ammunition in the car in plain view. Further inquiry disclosed that none of the car's occupants possessed a valid driver's license, and the officer ordered the car impounded. A loaded firearm was discovered during a subsequent inventory search of the impounded car. The juvenile court denied the juvenile's motion to suppress the firearm evidence.