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Court alters police rules for warrantless vehicle searches

by Mark Scolforo
| December 22, 2020 10:27 AM

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Police must have probable cause as well as “exigent circumstances” in order to legally search a vehicle without a warrant, a divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

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