FL4: SW of def’s cell phone authenticated text messages

After a search warrant produced defendant’s text messages, the state was able to authenticate them by the phone. State v. Torres, 2020 Fla. App. LEXIS 14356 (Fla. 4th DCA Oct. 7, 2020).

“In addition, ‘[d]uring a valid traffic stop, officers may order the occupants of a vehicle out of the vehicle pending completion of the stop without violating the Fourth Amendment.’ … Once Appellee exited the vehicle, Patrolman Headley observed a plastic baggie containing an unknown brown powder substance sticking out of his pocket. Patrolman Headley also observed a set of digital scales and drug packaging emerging from Appellee’s hooded sweatshirt pocket.” State v. Davis, 2020-Ohio-4821, 2020 Ohio App. LEXIS 3716 (7th Dist. Sept. 25, 2020).*

The search of a zipper case in defendant’s vehicle was reasonable because the officer standing outside the vehicle could see baggies of drugs sticking from the case. United States v. Brown, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 188473 (W.D. Va. Oct. 11, 2020).*

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