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Virginia v. Moore, No. 06-1082 (U.S. Supreme Court) (553 U.S. 164; 128 S.Ct. 1598) (April 23, 2008) (Justice Scalia)

Here a unanimous Supreme Court held that state police do not violate the Fourth Amendment when they make an arrest that was based on probable cause but prohibited by state law, or when they perform a search incident to that arrest.

On February 20, 2003, two city police detectives detained ...

 

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