U.S. v. Robinson, No. 72-936 (U.S. Supreme Court) (414 U.S. 218; 94 S.Ct. 467) (December 11, 1973) (Justice Rehnquist)
Case held that a search incident to a valid arrest is not limited to the suspects' outter clothing and removal of weapons that the officer believes the suspect has in his possession. Thus, the Court held that searches incident to arrests are valid in order to find weapons and to ...
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