People v. Garrett

In my opinion, the evidence of the officers justified the securing of the liquor without a search warrant. Officer O'Connor testified:

"My attention was called to these gentlemen that afternoon about 3 o'clock. They were staggering around. They were intoxicated. We went up to them and asked them what they were doing. They said none of your business. I asked them if they had an automobile there and they said yes. I asked them where it was and they went direct to their car. It was a Franklin sedan. We looked in the car and through the window we could see a bottle in the door of the car and also…