Probable Cause for Seizure of FedEx Package 
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Published: November 19, 2012
Tags: Judge Rudolph Bumgardner III, Search & Seizure, Virginia Court of Appeals
A detective inspecting packages at a Federal Express facility had probable cause to seize a package defendant said he was picking up for his wife, based on the package coming overnight from California, identifying “FedEx” as the sender, smelling strongly of dryer sheets often used to mask the smell of marijuana and defendant parking far ...
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