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Search Incident to Arrest: Fourth Amendment Explained

Meta Description: Understand the “Search Incident to Lawful Arrest” (SITA) doctrine, a critical exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement, including the Chimel rule, its application to vehicles (Gant), and restrictions on digital data (Riley). The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right of the people to be secure against unreasonable searches and […]

Automobile Search, Cell Phone Search, core principles, criminal procedure, Custodial Arrest, Fourth Amendment, Immediate Control, in some respects, Police Safety, Probable Cause, Protective Sweep, Scope of Search, Warrantless Search, without a warrant