Wyoming v. Houghton, 526 U.S. 295 (1999) 🔹 Facts A Wyoming state trooper stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation. The driver admitted to having used a syringe to take drugs. The officer then searched the car and found a purse in the back seat belonging to passenger Sandra Houghton. Inside the purse were a syringe and other drug paraphernalia. Houghton moved to suppress the evidence, arguing that the officer had no probable cause to search her personal belongings because she was just a passeng