Supreme Court decides to Limit Police Search of Cars
In a 5-4 decision the Supreme Court in Arizona v. Gant, 07-542 ruled that police may perform searches of vehicles without a warrant only when police have reason to believe that the suspect might try to gain entrance to the automobile or if evidence of a crime will be uncovered.The court upheld the 4th Amendment right of persons to be free of police searches unless certain conditions are met.
US top court curbs police powers to search cars, James Vicini, Reuters, April 21, 2009
