Legal Opinion
State v. Moore
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided November 25, 1980No. 14009PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Justice:
This appeal presents the question of whether a State Police officer had sufficient probable cause to seize and open a paper bag protruding from beneath the seat of an automobile he had stopped for violating our motor vehicle laws. The resolution of this issue will also determine the validity of the subsequent arrest and the admissibility of inculpatory statements made immediately following the arrest.
On May 21, 1975, at approximately 9:10 in the evening, a State Police officer observed a 1965 Rambler automobile traveling past him on State Route 2 in Wetzel County. The tail…
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