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Thornton v. U.S., No. 03-5165 (U.S. Supreme Court) (541 U.S. 615; 124 S.Ct. 2127) (May 24, 2004) (Justice Rehnquist)

Loaded on May 1, 2004 published in Punch and Jurists May 03, 2004
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Searches - Incident to Arrest.

Here the Court held that the police may conduct a warrantless search of a parked car if they have made a lawful arrest of its driver nearby, even when the officer does not make contact with the person arrested until he has left his vehicle.

In Chimel v. California, 395 …

 

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