MT: Plain view justifies automobile exception search

Seeing contraband in plain view justifies an entry into a car under the automobile exception. State v. Tenold, 2020 MT 263, 2020 Mont. LEXIS 2461 (Oct. 20, 2020).

Three controlled buys were probable cause despite defendant’s argument that the officer did not see the informant go into defendant’s house. Defendant’s nexus argument on appeal wasn’t specifically made below so it’s waived. Hamilton v. State, 2020 Ark. App. 482, 2020 Ark. App. LEXIS 523 (Oct. 21, 2020).*