Add to ORKGIn April 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court in Arizona v. Gant narrowed the scope of an automobile search incident to arrest. Prior to Gant, officers were permitted to search the entire automobile passenger compartment incident to the arrest of a vehicle occupant for any offense. The Gant Court rejected this broad interpretation and limited officers’ ability to search to two circumstances: (1) when an arrestee is unsecured and within reaching distance of the vehicle or (2) when it is reasonable for officers to believe the vehicle might contain evidence related to the crime of the arrest. The Gant decision raises several new issues including the circumstances required to consider an arrestee secure. Is an arrestee considered unsecure until of...
The United States Supreme Court has held that a search incident to a valid arrest for a traffic viol...
The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Article I, Section 7 of the Washington Constitutio...
Two recent decisions by the United States Supreme Court have added a new dimension to the law of sea...
“Because the law says we can do it” was the response Officer Griffith offered when asked why officer...
In 2009, the Supreme Court overturned thirty years of precedent with a decision that purported to dr...
This Note examines the recent Supreme Court decision of Arizona v. Gant and how it affects a vehicle...
In Arizona v. Gant, the United States Supreme Court held that the search of a vehicle incident to ar...
In this article the authors examine the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Arizona v. Gant and argue...
The nation’s struggle to balance individual rights of privacy and legitimate law enforcement efforts...
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Arizona v. Gant fundamentally altered the law governing police ...
For 28 years the Court held that an officer\u27s search incident to arrest powers automatically exte...
Reasonable belief. The Supreme Court’s ambiguous use of this term in Arizona v. Gant transformed wha...
Article published in the Michigan State University School of Law Student Scholarship Collection
In 1981, the U.S. Supreme Court held in New York v. Belton that police officers could lawfully searc...
The purpose of this article is to reveal and propose a solution for the current misguided search inc...
The United States Supreme Court has held that a search incident to a valid arrest for a traffic viol...
The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Article I, Section 7 of the Washington Constitutio...
Two recent decisions by the United States Supreme Court have added a new dimension to the law of sea...
“Because the law says we can do it” was the response Officer Griffith offered when asked why officer...
In 2009, the Supreme Court overturned thirty years of precedent with a decision that purported to dr...
This Note examines the recent Supreme Court decision of Arizona v. Gant and how it affects a vehicle...
In Arizona v. Gant, the United States Supreme Court held that the search of a vehicle incident to ar...
In this article the authors examine the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Arizona v. Gant and argue...
The nation’s struggle to balance individual rights of privacy and legitimate law enforcement efforts...
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Arizona v. Gant fundamentally altered the law governing police ...
For 28 years the Court held that an officer\u27s search incident to arrest powers automatically exte...
Reasonable belief. The Supreme Court’s ambiguous use of this term in Arizona v. Gant transformed wha...
Article published in the Michigan State University School of Law Student Scholarship Collection
In 1981, the U.S. Supreme Court held in New York v. Belton that police officers could lawfully searc...
The purpose of this article is to reveal and propose a solution for the current misguided search inc...
The United States Supreme Court has held that a search incident to a valid arrest for a traffic viol...
The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Article I, Section 7 of the Washington Constitutio...
Two recent decisions by the United States Supreme Court have added a new dimension to the law of sea...