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In South Dakota v. Opperman (1976) , the police conducted an inventory search in which they searched Opperman's car after towing it to an impound lot because it was parked illegally. They found marijuana during a search of the glove compartment. SCOTUS decided that the search of the glove compartment:


A) violated the U.S. Constitution, because it did not use the least intrusive means to secure the drugs.
B) did not violate the U.S. Constitution, because it was a legitimate inventory search.
C) violated the U.S. Constitution, because it was conducted on a suspicion that drugs were in Opperman's glove compartment.
D) did not violate the U.S. Constitution, because drugs were discovered in the glove compartment.

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