context: Upon further investigation, the officers found a bag of "wash clothes" near the Jeep that smelled of bleach and the inside of the Jeep was wet with bleach. Thus, based on probable cause that the automobile contained evidence of a crime, and the necessity to preserve the potential blood evidence, the warrantless search and subsequent seizure did not violate the Fourth Amendment.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 308 A.2d 734, 739-40
citation_a.parenthetical: outlining cases holding exigency existed for the search of a vehicle and then removal to police garage
citation_a.sentence: See Cox, 290 S.C. at 492, 351 S.E.2d at 572 (holding automobile exception applied to shotgun seized from trunk of vehicle parked at defendant’s home); State v. Peters, 271 S.C. 498, 501, 248 S.E.2d 475, 477 (1978) (finding probable cause existed to conduct warrantless search of vehicle based on Carroll doctrine where police stopped vehicle after receiving information from confidential informant that defendant was driving vehicle containing marijuana); State v. Hayden, 268 S.C. 214, 218, 232 S.E.2d 889, 891 (1977) (holding probable cause and exigent circumstances justified warrantless search of automobile where officers received information from an informant that defendants would be traveling in a vehicle containing illegal drugs and due to the lateness of the hour it would have been impractical to get a search warrant); State v. Frank, 262 S.C. 526, 531-33, 205 S.E.2d 827, 830 (1974) (concluding warrantless search of automobile was proper where officer had strong reasons to believe that the automobile was being used in criminal activity and that it very probably contained stolen goods); see also Robinson v. State, 18 Md.App. 678, 308 A.2d 734, 739-40 (1973) (outlining cases holding exigency existed for the search of a vehicle and then removal to police garage).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 205 S.E.2d 827, 830
citation_b.parenthetical: concluding warrantless search of automobile was proper where officer had strong reasons to believe that the automobile was being used in criminal activity and that it very probably contained stolen goods
citation_b.sentence: See Cox, 290 S.C. at 492, 351 S.E.2d at 572 (holding automobile exception applied to shotgun seized from trunk of vehicle parked at defendant’s home); State v. Peters, 271 S.C. 498, 501, 248 S.E.2d 475, 477 (1978) (finding probable cause existed to conduct warrantless search of vehicle based on Carroll doctrine where police stopped vehicle after receiving information from confidential informant that defendant was driving vehicle containing marijuana); State v. Hayden, 268 S.C. 214, 218, 232 S.E.2d 889, 891 (1977) (holding probable cause and exigent circumstances justified warrantless search of automobile where officers received information from an informant that defendants would be traveling in a vehicle containing illegal drugs and due to the lateness of the hour it would have been impractical to get a search warrant); State v. Frank, 262 S.C. 526, 531-33, 205 S.E.2d 827, 830 (1974) (concluding warrantless search of automobile was proper where officer had strong reasons to believe that the automobile was being used in criminal activity and that it very probably contained stolen goods); see also Robinson v. State, 18 Md.App. 678, 308 A.2d 734, 739-40 (1973) (outlining cases holding exigency existed for the search of a vehicle and then removal to police garage).