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Supreme Court· 2/21/1989

Highfill v. Wisconsin

Citations

  • 489 U.S. 1021
  • 109 S. Ct. 1141
  • 103 L. Ed. 2d 202
  • 57 U.S.L.W. 3551
  • 1989 U.S. LEXIS 758

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that search of glove compartment “immediately” after arrest of individual who was not defendant was proper
  • permitting search of van after arrestee is handcuffed and placed in rear of squad car
  • evidence of defendant’s constructive possession of weapon for purposes of transporting a weapon in violation of section 922(h)(1
  • search incident to arrest upheld where defendant was arrested, handcuffed, patted down and placed in squad car
  • search reasonable under Belton when defendant was handcuffed in police car
  • Belton applicable where defendant was outside car and handcuffed

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