Nebraska, The land of corn and cattle | idea1947 - 7/6/2016 09:11 Atwater v. City of Lago Vista affirmed that police may make a warrantless arrest for misdemeanor offenses. In the Atwater case it was for failure to wear a seat belt. Additionally, that Supreme Court case affirmed that officers have the Constitutional authority to make a suspicionless search of any person incident to such an arrest. Vehicle searches in such cases are limited in some respects by another case, Arizona v. Gant. Regardless of Gant, particles in plain view generally have no expectations of privacy. Be assured this is in the U.S. of A and it pertains to you.
But the beer wasnt in plain view, it was inside the closed cooler, while the cooler was in view, theres nothing illegal about having a cooler in the back of a truck, even of the occupants of the truck are under the age of 21. |
20 year old son ticketed for MIP
