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Legal Citation: 500 U.S. 565 (1991)

Petitioner
State of California

Respondent
Charles Steven Acevedo

Petitioner's Claim
That police may search a container seized from an automobile where there is probable cause to believe that the container holds evidence or an illegal substance.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Robert M. Foster

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Frederick Westcott Anderson

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun (writing for the Court), Anthony M. Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, David H. Souter

Justices Dissenting
Thurgood Marshall, John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
30 May 1991

Decision
Marijuana seized from defendant's car could be admitted into evidence at defendant's...