The Single Purpose Container Doctrine Does Not Apply to a Multi-Purpose Container Home/Single Purpose Container Doctrine, Supreme Court of Ohio

https://www.objectivelyreasonable.com/2024/11/11/the-single-purpose-container-doctrine-does-not-apply-to-a-multi-purpose-container/

The single-purpose-container exception did not authorize the police to search Ms. Burroughs’s bookbag. When police search a bookbag in a home under circumstances that do not give rise to any exigency, they must follow the command of the Fourth Amendment: get a warrant.