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"[A] threat to officer safety is a prerequisite for a search of a vehicle subject to an investigatory detention"

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

"[A] threat to officer safety is a prerequisite for a search of a vehicle subject to an investigatory detention" under Long. United States v. Ogle, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 80102 (E.D. Tenn. October 9, 2008)*: The evidence demonstrates that a full custodial arrest had not taken place prior to the arrest of the vehicle. [See, e.g., Doc. 17 at 14 (indicating that defendant was arrested subject to the investigation); id. at 22 (indicating that defendant was secured but not under full arrest)]. Accordingly Terry and Long are apposite. Under these standards, the court finds that the search of the vehicle was lawful. When the defendant initially exited his car and approached Officer Romer, Officer Romer observed blood on defendant's pants and that defendant was wearing a knife sheath...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on October 12, 2008 (boomark / email).