If suspect says you can "retrieve" item from pocket, can you also search it?

The Search & Seizure Show di Anthony Bandiero

Note sull'episodio

The following is a computer-generated transcription, some grammar and spelling errors may be inherent

Alright, guys got another great question from a police officer in Texas. So here's the situation. So you stop a car, you gain voluntary consent to search the vehicle. And the driver says, Yes, you get the driver out. And then you conduct the pat-down on the driver, and you feel like hard objects in their pocket. And you ask the driver whether or not you could retrieve the item.

He says, Yes, you retrieve the item, you pull it out of his pocket, you open it up, and there's heroin inside the container. And the question is, is, is asking him whether you can retrieve the item also allow you to search the item? Well, it depends. Let's look at the legal role. The legal role, is that whether or not you could open an item and  ... 

 ...  Leggi dettagli
Parole chiave
search seizure police training constitution