United States v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
August 2018
most recently cited
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Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2231
Relies on Wong Sun v. United States · Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · Johnson v. Zerbst · Faretta v. California · Carroll v. United States
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“continues to define the boundaries of the exception, [and] ensures that the scope of a search incident to arrest is commensurate with its purposes of protecting arresting officers and safeguarding any evidence of the offense of arrest that an arrestee might conceal or destroy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the arrestee's person and the area 'within his immediate control' - construing that phrase to mean the area from within which he might gain possession of a weapon or destructible evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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