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: ACS BlogHigh Court Upholds Post-Arrest Searches That Violate State Law
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held, in Virginia v. Moore, that it is not unconstitutional for police to conduct a search following an arrest , even if the arrest violated state law, so long as the police had probable cause. In this case, instead of giving David Lee Moore a ticket for a misdemeanor traffic offense, police arrested him, took him to a hotel, and conducted a personal search, finding cocaine in his jacket pocket. SCOTUSBlog has more here and here.
Full post as published by ACS Blog on April 23, 2008 (boomark / email).
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