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Because of the more substantial privacy interests at stake when digital data is involved in a search incident to an arrest and because of the availability of less intrusive alternatives to a warrantless search, the Court in Riley concluded that, as a “simple” categorical rule, before police can search a cell phone incident to an arrest, the ...
Jul 13, 2020 · A search incident to arrest allows an officer to conduct a warrantless search of an individual if they are under arrest (or immediately preceding arrest) and the search is for officer safety or to preserve evidence.However, this is a limited search that must be contemporaneous with the arrest and within the immediate vicinity of the arrest.Case Law“There are two historical rationales for the ...
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Annotations. Search Incident to Arrest.—The common-law rule permitting searches of the person of an arrestee as an incident to the arrest has occasioned little controversy in the Court. 240 The Court has even upheld a search incident to an illegal (albeit not unconstitutional) arrest. 241 The dispute has centered around the scope of the search.
- Scope of The Search
- Protective Sweeps
- Cell Phone Searches After An Arrest
The search must be limited to the body of the person under arrest and the area within their control. If you are arrested in some location outside your home or car, an officer cannot proceed to search your home or car under the justification that it is a search incident to arrest. However, they likely can search items that are not attached to your b...
A protective sweep is a search incident to arrest that is meant to protect the safety of officers and other bystanders. An officer does not need to have a warrant to conduct this type of search, and any evidence in plain view can be admissible against the suspect. The protective sweep may involve searching inside a home or the area around the home....
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the police usually need a warrant to search the cell phone of someone whom they arrest. The Court decided that a cell phone is not similar to a container in a person’s vicinity, which would be subject to a search incident to arrest without a warrant. There is a greater expectation of privacy in the digital cont...
Search incident to a lawful arrest, commonly known as search incident to arrest (SITA) or the Chimel rule (from Chimel v.California), is a U.S. legal principle that allows police to perform a warrantless search of an arrested person, and the area within the arrestee’s immediate control, in the interest of officer safety, the prevention of escape, and the preservation of evidence.
Although there are several types of searches incident to arrest, they all have the same three basic requirements, specifically: (1)Lawful arrest: The suspect must have been lawfully arrested. (2)Custodial arrest: The arrest must have been “custodial” in nature. (3)Contemporaneous search: The search must have been “contemporaneous” with ...
The Court has even upheld a search incident to an illegal (albeit not unconstitutional) arrest. 2 Footnote Virginia v. Mo or e, 128 S. Ct. 1598 (2008) (holding that, where an arrest f or a min or offense is prohibited by state law, the arrest will not violate the Fourth Amendment if it was based on probable cause).
