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Dawson v. State

Citations

  • 395 A.2d 160
  • 40 Md. App. 640
  • 1978 Md. App. LEXIS 282

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • searching a purse is “analytically akin to a search of items found in an arrestee’s clothing or pockets”
  • searching a purse is “analytically akin to a search of items found in an arrestee’s clothing or pockets”
  • warrantless search of purse justified as incident to arrest

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Mason, Liss, MacDaniel

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