{"id":1819,"date":"2008-02-26T07:06:54","date_gmt":"2008-02-25T08:23:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-24T15:21:23","slug":"en-US","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=1819","title":{"rendered":"“Cert. petition to watch”: Arizona v. Gant<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCOTUSblog lists<\/a> Arizona v. Gant<\/em>, conferenced Friday, as a “cert petition to watch.” Gant<\/em> is posted here<\/a> on this website. The opinion below is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The question presented from the cert petition:<\/p>\n

In New York v. Belton<\/em><\/a>, 453 U.S. 454 (1981), this Court held that the risks to officer safety and to the preservation of evidence inherent in the arrest of a vehicle\u2019s recent occupant justify a contemporaneous warrantless search of the automobile\u2019s passenger compartment incident to the arrest. The question presented is: <\/p>\n

Did the Arizona Supreme Court effectively “overrule” this Court\u2019s bright-line rule in Belton<\/em> by requiring in each case that the State prove after the fact that those inherent dangers actually existed at the time of the search?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Arizona court held that Gant was not a “recent occupant” under Thornton<\/em><\/a> because he was handcuffed and in a police car.<\/p>\n

(Note: This was carried over from Saturday to Sunday to Monday to stay at the top.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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