United States Tenth Circuit

Warrantless search of car rented by suspect's girlfriend is not a search incident to arrest where defendant is handcuffed in police car and girlfriend was not a suspect.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/09/2001
• Published 03/09/2001

Judges

• EBEL, Circuit Judge., Before EBEL, HOLLOWAY and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Howard A. Pincus, Assistant Federal Public Defender (Michael G. Katz, Federal Public Defender, with him on the briefs) of Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant., Andrew A. Vogt, Assistant United States Attorney (Thomas L. Strickland, United States Attorney, District of Colorado, with him on the brief) of Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee.