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Knowles v. Iowa, No. 97-7597 (U.S. Supreme Court) (525 U.S. 113; 119 S.Ct. 484) (December 8, 1998) (Justice Rehnquist)

Here the Court held that a warrantless search of a vehicle whose driver has been cited for but not arrested for a traffic offense may not be sustained on the basis of a "search incident to citation" theory.

Essentially, in this case, the Court ruled that the rationales underlying the ...

 

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