Court Opinion

ID: 9462007
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 22:29:43.082877+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:37:21.538290
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McCREE, Circuit Judge
(concurring).
I concur in the decision to reverse for the reasons stated in the majority opinion. I would also hold that the warrant-less search of the vehicle was unlawful and would order the suppression of the evidence it yielded. I agree that probable cause existed to believe that the car contained contraband, but I find no exigent circumstances excusing obtaining a search warrant as the Cleveland police officers sought to do. See Cardwell v. Lewis, 417 U.S. 583, 596, 94 S.Ct. 2464, 41 L.Ed.2d 325 (1974) (Opinion of Stewart, J.).