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Criminal Procedure Keyed to Dressler
Arizona v. Gant
Citation:
556 U.S. 332, 129 S.Ct. 1710, 173 L.Ed.2d 485.Facts
The police had reliable information that there was an outstanding warrant for the arrest of the defendant, Rodney Gant, for driving without a license. Officers proceeded to the house where they expected to find him. Shortly after, he drove into the driveway and was arrested after he got out of this car. The defendant was handcuffed and placed in a locked patrol car. Two officers then searched his vehicle and found drugs.
The defendant filed a motion to suppress the evidence obtained from the search of the vehicle. The trial court denied this motion and he was convicted. He appealed, and the Arizona Supreme Court reversed, holding that the search incident to arrest exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement did not justify the search in this case.
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