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Opinion No. (1999)

Oklahoma Attorney General Reports

Decided July 19, 1999Published

1Opinion of the Court

Dear State Senator Herbert

¶ 0 This office has received your request for an Attorney General Opinion. You have asked, in effect, the following question:

Is 47 O.S. 2-117(9) (1998), which provides for ageneralized power allowing officers of the Oklahoma HighwayPatrol to "stop and inspect the contents of all motor vehicles toascertain whether or not the provisions of all general laws arebeing observed," limited by the Fourth Amendment to theUnited States Constitution or Article II, Section 30 of the OklahomaConstitution, which prohibits unreasonable searches andseizures?

¶ 1 Section 47 O.S. 2-117…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  4. Ornelas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  5. United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981

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