United States v. Ricardo J. Graham

How courts have described this case

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• holding that officers could search a shoulder bag defendant was wearing when arrested
• noting that a search of a shoulder purse was within the scope of a search incident to arrest
• noting that a search of a shoulder purse was within the scope of a search incident to arrest
• noting “defendant is mistaken in his contention that the rationale used to define the scope of a search incident to an arrest is equally applicable in defining the scope of a search of the person authorized by a warrant”
• noting \defendant is mistaken in his contention that the rationale used to define the scope of a search incident to an arrest is equally applicable in defining the scope of a search of the person authorized by a warrant\
• “Containers such as [clothing pockets, purses, or shoulder bags], while appended to the body, are so closely associated with the person that they are identified with and included within the concept of one’s person.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).