United States v. Kareem Jamal Currence

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• holding that “when law enforcement officers have probable cause to make a lawful custodial arrest, they may — incident to that arrest and without a warrant — search the arrestee’s person and the area within his immediate control.”
• a search incident to arrest must be contemporaneous with the arrest and the search may occur before the arrest
• search into hollow area inside handlebar of defendant's bicycle valid where defendant was arrested and handcuffed before the police looked into the handlebar, and while defendant was still at the scene
• “The fact of a lawful arrest, standing alone, authorizes a search.”
• “Temporally, searches incident to arrest must be substantially contemporaneous with the arrest, and although a search can occur before an arrest is made, a search may not precede an arrest and serve as part of its justification.” (cleaned up)
• “Temporally, searches incident to arrest must be substantially contemporaneous with the arrest, and although a search can occur before an arrest is made, a search may not precede an arrest and serve as part of its justification.” (cleaned up)

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