Justices Take Vehicle-Search Case
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WASHINGTON — A seemingly routine drug arrest in Tucson, Ariz., will be reviewed by the Supreme Court to clarify the circumstances in which police officers who do not have a warrant can search the vehicle of a person who is under arrest. The justices agreed on Monday to review the case of Rodney Joseph Gant, whose arrest on Aug. 25, 1999, raised questions that have sharply divided Arizona courts.
WASHINGTON — A seemingly routine drug arrest in Tucson, Ariz., will be reviewed by the Supreme Court to clarify the circumstances in which police officers who do not have a warrant can search the vehicle of a person who is under arrest. The justices agreed on Monday to review the case of Rodney Joseph Gant, whose arrest on Aug. 25, 1999, raised questions that have sharply divided Arizona courts.
State officials are asking the United States Supreme Court to overturn a ruling last July by the Arizona Supreme Court, which ruled that a search of Mr. Gant’s car violated the Fourth Amendment’s protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, and that the evidence must therefore be thrown out.
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