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U.S. v. Powell, No. 05-3047 (D.C. Cir.) (451 F.3d 862) (June 23, 2006) (Judge Judith W. Rogers)

In this important Fourth Amendment decision, a divided panel of the D.C. Circuit puts limits on the ever-widening scope of the warrant exception for searches incident to arrest. Here, officers saw defendant Ronald Powell and a friend urinating in public, near a parked car. Two officers walked over to confront ...

 

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