Court Opinion

ID: 9551954
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 19:02:28.723639+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:25:08.690559
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SHEPARD, Justice
(dissenting).
I would affirm the conviction. I find no authority which requires a search warrant under these facts. Clearly, probable cause to search the trunk of the vehicle in question existed. The majority does not even argue the point.
It would serve little purpose to reiterate my recent dissent in State v. Oropeza, 97 Idaho 387, 545 P.2d 475 (1976). I would merely note that the authorities cited therein support a finding of exigent circumstances justifying a warrantless search and that the majority misreads the holding of Coolidge v. New Hampshire, 403 U.S. 443, 91 S.Ct. 2022, 29 L.Ed.2d 564 (1971).
McFADDEN, J„ concurs.