Whether the Fourth Amendment was violated when police searched a container on the basis that Petitioner abandoned the item without any evidence that Petitioner voluntarily discarded the container

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Whether the Fourth Amendment was violated when police searched a container on the basis that Petitioner abandoned the item without any evidence that Petitioner voluntarily discarded the container. 2. Whether the Fourth Amendment requirement of probable cause for the search of an automobile under the automobile exception was violated when police discovered a small amount of methamphetamine outside of the vehicle and could not articulate a nexus between the place to be searched and the evidence sought to be discovered. 1