Supreme Court· 6/17/1974

Cardwell v. Lewis

Citations

417 U.S. 583
94 S. Ct. 2464
41 L. Ed. 2d 325
1974 U.S. LEXIS 75
69 Ohio Op. 2d 69

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holding that the warrantless seizure of a car from a public parking lot, and subsequent impoundment following the defendant’s arrest, was “not unreasonable” because there was probable cause that the car constituted evidence of a crime
finding that a defendant’s privacy rights were not violated when the police examined a tire and took a paint sample from his car as it was in a public parking lot
finding that a defendant's privacy rights were not violated when the police examined a tire and took a paint sample from his car as it was in a public parking lot
\[N]othing from the interior of the car .. [was] searched or seized and introduced in evidence.\
“[NJothing from the interior of the car .. [was] searched or seized and introduced in evidence.”
finding a defendant’s privacy rights were not violated when the police examined a tire and took a paint sample from a car in a public parking lot because the vehicle was exposed to the public

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