The issue in this appeal is whether a police officer may search a vehicle incident to the arrest of a passenger on a civil writ of attachment. Because the need to ensure the safety of the officer is the same regardless of the reason for taking the arrestee into custody, we conclude that a search incident to an arrest on a civil warrant is permissible, and that it must be evaluated by the same principles that...
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