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Courtesy Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer  Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:59pm

All the listservs are abuzz (Austin, Texas and national criminal defense lawyer association listservs, that is).

The Supreme Court has just handed down Arizona v.

Gant
, which from the non-binding syllabus portion reads:

Held : Police may search the passenger compartment of a vehicle incident to a recent occupant’s arrest only if it is reasonable to believe that the arrestee might access the vehicle at the time of the search or that the vehicle contains evidence...



 

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