dy had committed the robbery based on the earlier description and the fact that after Officer Short pulled Andy over that his outfit was more consistent with the earlier description. A warrant is usually required before a search or seizure takes place, unless there are "exigent circumstances". There is no evidence that Officer Short had any exigent circumstance to search the car. However, the state will argue that the search was just a cursory search within the limits of the constitution. The police were only conducting a brief "stop and frisk" that does not require and only need some reasonable suspicion. Terry.
For there to be probable cause to arrest a person it must be more likely than not that a violation of the law has been committed and person to be arrested committed the violation. Andy did violate the law by speeding and Andy was the one who was driving the car. However, this is not enough of a probable cause that can be linked to the robbery. For there to be probable cause to search particular premises, it must be more likely than not that the specific items to be searched for are connected with cr
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