Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GARLAND.
GARLAND, Circuit Judge:
This appeal turns on the question of whether, if a police officer arrests a defendant on a ground that proves invalid, the arrest is nonetheless lawful if the same officer had probable cause to arrest the defendant for a different offense. We answer that question in the affirmative, and, accordingly, reverse the district court's suppression of evidence discovered in a search incident...
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