urt argued that police would only be entitled to a pat down search not a full body search. Even Justice David Souter said that he to might have fled in order to get out of the way of what might occur between police and other possible criminals (Mauro 1). Justice John Paul Stevens expressed concern that if somebody was jaywalking, could he be entitled to a search by police? (Asseo 2)The following took place in Bay County, Florida. A man by the name Tyvessel White was arrested for an irrelevant matter, after he was taken into custody, police obtained the keys to his car and took it from his workplaces parking lot. (Supreme Court to Rule1). The police officers did not obtain a warrant to seize Whites car, they did not even have knowledge that the car had contraband, or claim that the seizure of the car was at all relevant to his arrest (The Forfeiture2). The basis for the seizure was the belief by the police, based on eyewitness and videotapes, that the car had been used in the delivery and sale of cocaine on three occasions and was subject to forfeiture (Supreme Court Says No1). After the car was searched two pieces of crack cocaine Police Officers Often Misuse and Overuse their Powers when it comes to Conducting Searches on Persons or Propertywere found in the dashboard ashtray (Supreme Court to rule1). The officers now face the following questions about their authority to impound the vehicle and look through the car. Can the vehicle be impounded even when a reasonable and less intrusive alternative exists? Can an inventory search be conducted at the point of seizure on the side of the road, or must it take place at the impoundment location? Can the officers search the contents of any closed and locked items? And lastly, will the officers suspicion that the drugs may be preset in the vehicle affect the admissibility of any evidence found during the search (Anderson 1)?This case was taken to the Supreme Court in Florida. The...
