context: Learning the contents of the purse was crucial to a proper police response. These facts must be viewed objectively.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: "[T] he fact that the officer does not have the state of mind which is hypothecated by the reasons which provide the legal justification for the officer's action does not invalidate the action taken as long as the circumstances, viewed objectively, justify that action."
citation_a.sentence: See Scott v. United States, 436 U.S. 128, 138, 98 S.Ct. 1717, 56 L.Ed.2d 168 (1978) (“[T] he fact that the officer does not have the state of mind which is hypothecated by the reasons which provide the legal justification for the officer’s action does not invalidate the action taken as long as the circumstances, viewed objectively, justify that action.”); see also Brigham City, 126 S.Ct. 1943, 1948 (2006) (“The officer’s subjective motivation is irrelevant,” as a court need not “discem[] what is in the mind of the individual officer conducting the search.”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 126 S.Ct. 1943, 1948
citation_b.parenthetical: "The officer's subjective motivation is irrelevant," as a court need not "discem[] what is in the mind of the individual officer conducting the search."
citation_b.sentence: See Scott v. United States, 436 U.S. 128, 138, 98 S.Ct. 1717, 56 L.Ed.2d 168 (1978) (“[T] he fact that the officer does not have the state of mind which is hypothecated by the reasons which provide the legal justification for the officer’s action does not invalidate the action taken as long as the circumstances, viewed objectively, justify that action.”); see also Brigham City, 126 S.Ct. 1943, 1948 (2006) (“The officer’s subjective motivation is irrelevant,” as a court need not “discem[] what is in the mind of the individual officer conducting the search.”).