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ARIZONA v. GANT

No. 07-542.

129 S.Ct. 1710 (2009)

556 U.S. 332

173 L.Ed.2d 485

ARIZONA, Petitioner, v. Rodney Joseph GANT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 21, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph T. Maziarz , for petitioner.

Anthony Yang , for United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioner.

Thomas F. Jacobs , for respondent.

Terry Goddard , Attorney General, Mary R. O'Grady , Solicitor General, Kent E. Cattani , Chief Counsel, Criminal Appeals/Capital Litigation Section, Joseph T. Maziarz , Assistant Attorney General, Counsel of Record, Criminal Appeals/Capital Litigation Section, Phoenix, Arizona, for petitioner.

Jeffrey T. Green , Isaac Adams , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, Thomas F. Jacobs , Counsel of Record, Tucson, AZ, for respondent.

Terry Goddard , Attorney General, Mary R. O'Grady , Solicitor General, Randall M. Howe , Chief Counsel, Criminal Appeals Section, Counsel of Record, Phoenix, Arizona, Joseph T. Maziarz , Nicholas D. Acedo , Assistant Attorneys General, Criminal Appeals Section, for petitioner.

After Rodney Gant was arrested for driving with a suspended license, handcuffed, and locked in the back of a patrol car, police officers searched his car and discovered cocaine in the pocket of a jacket on the backseat. Because Gant could not have accessed his car to retrieve weapons or evidence...

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