The following excerpt is from United States v. Anderson, Case No. 1:18-po-00428-SAB (E.D. Cal. 2019):
Wyoming v. Houghton, 526 U.S. 295, 301-02 (1999) (noting that where probable cause exists to justify search of a lawfully stopped vehicle, the probable cause justifies a search of every part of the vehicle that may conceal the object of the search, making no distinction among packages or containers based on ownership.).
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