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162549P.pdf 03/13/2017 United States v. Justin Stegall
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 16-2549
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock
[PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Gruender and Kelly, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law. The warrantless search of defendant's
vehicle was constitutionally reasonable under the second exception in
Arizona v. Gant, 556 U.S. 332 (2009) because the police had a reasonable
basis to believe the vehicle contained evidence related to the road rage
offense for which they had arrested defendant; the hatchback or rear hatch
of a vehicle is part of the passenger compartment so long as an occupant
could have reached into the area while in the vehicle.