Guest Dusty Lipschitz Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/25/scotus.c...s.ap/index.html Police can search parked cars With 7-2 decision, Supreme Court applies previous ruling's concerns Tuesday, May 25, 2004 Posted: 8:27 AM EDT (1227 GMT) WASHINGTON (AP) -- Police can search a parked car for drugs, guns or other evidence of a crime while arresting a driver or passengers nearby, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. The high court has already ruled that officers can search a car when arresting someone inside, and the same rule now applies if a motorist or passenger gets out of the car. The 7-2 ruling addressed a common situation, in which police pull over a suspicious car or come upon it while it is parked. Sometimes motorists get out of the car before an officer approaches, and it was not clear until now whether police had leeway to search the car. "In all relevant aspects, the arrest of a suspect who is next to a vehicle presents identical concerns regarding officer safety and the destruction of evidence as the arrest of one who is inside the vehicle," Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist wrote. Once told he is under arrest, a suspect outside a car could still lunge inside for a weapon, Rehnquist wrote. "It would make little sense to apply two different rules to what is, at bottom, the same situation," Rehnquist wrote for himself and Justices Sandra Day O'Connor, Anthony M. Kennedy, Clarence Thomas and Stephen Breyer. Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg agreed with the outcome. The ruling would apply only when a suspect was arrested close to a car, and would not apply to an abandoned car with no driver or recent occupant in sight. Justices John Paul Stevens and David Souter dissented. The new rule invites too many problems, Stevens wrote. "We are not told how recent is recent, or how close is close," he wrote. The case involved the 2001 search of a Virginia man's gold Lincoln Town Car. He had been driving in Norfolk, Virginia, when an officer noticed his flashy car and ordered a computer check that found the tag was issued for a 1982 Chevrolet. Before the officer could stop Marcus Thornton to give him a ticket, Thornton pulled into a shopping center parking lot and got out. The officer arrested Thornton after he found marijuana and crack cocaine in Thornton's pocket. After handcuffing Thornton, the officer searched the car and found a gun. The case is Thornton v. United States, 03-5165. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrocks Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 boo-urns....i mean i can understand where the court is coming from...but i just know that the vague standard this law may set will be abused by police for sure..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallix Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 you have no rights/liberties anymore. don't even bother. constitution is looooooooooooooooooooooong gone. never coming back. doesn't exist anymore nothing to see here. i don't even understand why education still keeps teaching it in schools? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutonce Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 the cops have been doing that, they do whatever they want and there is nothing we can do about it. it will only get worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarcasm Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 the "high-court" sounds....welll.....high Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunm Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 that's why you rig your car the way Mel Gibson did in Road Warrior. If someone trys to muck around with your vehicle you rig that sucker to explode. Ssssssssssssssssssssssssssss............BOOM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timemachine Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 i hate pigs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest me IS cool Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 uhhhh... just make sure you leave the pennies in the ash tray alone I'm trying to save them. :lick: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timemachine Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 Originally posted by me IS cool uhhhh... just make sure you leave the pennies in the ash tray alone I'm trying to save them. :lick: ha arent we all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timemachine Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 my buddy used to hid his dope in his steering column we got pulled over so many times but never got busted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T=E=A=S=E Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 no bueno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adderall Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 fuck our rights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanity Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 what if you run away from your car, so you couldn't possibly get to it to put the cop in danger? (granted, you'd get and obstruction of justice then) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InDY_500 Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 There is nearly no more privacy........Everything we own is being lost almost everyday......And its showing no sign of stopping..... The only question is what is the next thing they'll take? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted May 26, 2004 Share Posted May 26, 2004 leeway's born to expire and desperate measures are so fucking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telo Posted May 26, 2004 Share Posted May 26, 2004 I am not totally for this but what about the crack dealer selling dope in front of your kids? He has nothing on him but hides the dope in the recessed gas tank area of his early 90s model minivan? guns drugs or whatever it may be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubbish heap Posted May 26, 2004 Share Posted May 26, 2004 the u.s. is turning more and more into a police state every day. it's time to hightail it up to canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfreshsushi Posted May 26, 2004 Share Posted May 26, 2004 this actually doesn't surprise me at all. i thought this was the way it was already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyLode Posted May 26, 2004 Share Posted May 26, 2004 when i got arrested the cops asked what the key in my pocket was for. i told them it was a house key and they just said ok. it clearly says toyota on it and my car was no more than 100 feet awayin plain view from where they were. i just walked around the block once, got in the car, put the paint in the back then left... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyLox Posted May 26, 2004 Share Posted May 26, 2004 The ruling would apply only when a suspect was arrested close to a car, and would not apply to an abandoned car with no driver or recent occupant in sight. The new rule invites too many problems, Stevens wrote. "We are not told how recent is recent, or how close is close," he wrote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8onus Posted May 26, 2004 Share Posted May 26, 2004 LET EM FUCKING TRY!!! http://www.12ozprophet.com/forum/showthrea...&threadid=54382 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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