Court Opinion

ID: 9658565
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 21:04:59.256236+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:13:56.727075
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SABERS, Justice
(concurring specially).
I write specially to point out that if this search and seizure depended upon the parole agent’s ascertainment of reasonable cause, it would fail completely. “Reasonable cause” and “probable cause” are comparable terms, see Black’s Law Dictionary 1081 (5th ed.1979), and wholly lacking here. However, Ashley consented to this search and the discovery of the two money wrappers provided reasonable cause to search the automobile. Therefore, the extended discussion concerning the “stalking horse” is unnecessary. See generally Schneckloth v. Bustamonte, 412 U.S. 218, 219, 93 S.Ct. 2041, 2043-44, 36 L.Ed.2d 854, 858 (1973) (“It is equally well settled that one of the specifically established exceptions to the requirements of both a warrant and probable cause is a search that is conducted pursuant to consent”).