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PEOPLE v. COLEMAN

Docket No. 84313, (Calendar No. 3).

436 Mich. 124 (1990)

461 N.W.2d 615

PEOPLE v. COLEMAN

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided September 12, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, and Timothy A. Baughman, Chief, Criminal Division, Research, Training and Appeals, for the people.

State Appellate Defender (by Kim Robert Fawcett) for the defendant.

LEVIN, J.

As set forth in the concurring opinion, the search of Coleman's purse did not amount to a search of her person.1 The search was permissible as a search of a container in which items specified in the warrant might be found.2

Because the search of Coleman's purse was not a search of her person, there is no need to consider Ybarra v Illinois,

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