Court Opinion

ID: 9457321
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 20:18:37.199286+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:35:18.197820
License: Public Domain

MERRILL, Circuit Judge
(concurring) :
I concur. I agree that the search and seizure were lawful under all the circumstances of this case, and I think it worthwhile to clarify the majority’s rationale on this point. The search of the glove compartment without a warrant was lawful because the officer had probable cause to believe that the glove compartment contained further evidence of violations of the California Vehicle Code, and it was not practical to secure a warrant because the opportunity to search was fleeting. See Chambers v. Maroney, 399 U.S. 42, 90 S.Ct. 1975, 26 L.Ed.2d 419 (1970); Carroll v. United States, 267 U.S. 132, 45 S.Ct. 280, 69 L.Ed. 543 (1925). See also Coolidge v. New Hampshire, 403 U.S. 443, 91 S.Ct. 2022, 29 L.Ed.2d 564 (1971). As I read the majority opinion, it relies on the above rationale and not on the theory that the present record establishes an intelligent consent to search, which must satisfy the standards of Schoepflin v. United States, 391 F.2d 390 (9th Cir. 1968), and Cipres v. United States, 343 F.2d 95, 97 (9th Cir. 1965).