Law 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Truth Serum, Duty Counsel, Strip Search
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The law also authorizes the police to conduct warrantless searches in a number of situations. The most common &probably most significant situation is when a person is searched incident to her arrest. No requirement for reasonable grounds to believe evidence will be found. Must not be conducted in abusive fashion. No firm time limit on when the search can be conducted, but it is usually shortly after the. Police can generally search, incident to arrest, almost anything w/in arrestee"s immediate. A police officer stops a car for speeding. He speaks to the driver and obtains her license. A computer check reveals an outstanding warrant for her arrest for unpaid traffic fines. The officer arrests the driver on the basis of the warrant. In talking to the driver, the officer notices garbage bags in the back seat. They appear to be full of clothing with price tags still attached to them.
