P. v. Thomas CA2/8
Police suspected Anthony Thomas was up to no good. They searched his car, found a gun, and charged him with a gun crime. Usually police need probable cause to search a person or a car, but probable cause is legally unnecessary if the search qualifies as an inventory search. The rationale for this lesser standard is that a proper inventory search is not for the purpose of finding evidence of a crime, but rather serves community caretakin
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