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What the bloody fuck? Synopsis - car was pulled over for an equipment violation of some type and the driver was eventually busted for some smoke. Probable cause claim to justify searching the vehicle? From http://www.courts.state.va.us/opinions/opncavtx/0250053.txt :
When McLaughlin told Officer Goins he had a firearm, Officer Goins observed a semi-automatic
pistol on the passenger seat and several compact disks (CDs) in the car.
Officer Goins suspected the CDs were "pirated," because they were in a "poor quality
made CD case with the labeling." He requested assistance from two other officers that had
received training concerning CDs. Minutes later, Officers Barker and Perkins arrived. Officer
Barker testified that he saw CDs on the front passenger seat and on the floorboard of the car. He
testified that "based on [his] training with the recording industry the thin cases and the
homemade labels in the cases led [him] to believe they were bogus CDs."
So having burned discs in your car is now probable cause? Virginia taxpayer money is being wasted training LEOs on identifying "bogus" (defined in the court record as being in part, "pirated, counterfeit and bootleg.") CDs? That someone could be trained to identify the contents and legality of a CD just by looking at it is fucking magical.
When McLaughlin told Officer Goins he had a firearm, Officer Goins observed a semi-automatic
pistol on the passenger seat and several compact disks (CDs) in the car.
Officer Goins suspected the CDs were "pirated," because they were in a "poor quality
made CD case with the labeling." He requested assistance from two other officers that had
received training concerning CDs. Minutes later, Officers Barker and Perkins arrived. Officer
Barker testified that he saw CDs on the front passenger seat and on the floorboard of the car. He
testified that "based on [his] training with the recording industry the thin cases and the
homemade labels in the cases led [him] to believe they were bogus CDs."
So having burned discs in your car is now probable cause? Virginia taxpayer money is being wasted training LEOs on identifying "bogus" (defined in the court record as being in part, "pirated, counterfeit and bootleg.") CDs? That someone could be trained to identify the contents and legality of a CD just by looking at it is fucking magical.
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