Opinion ID: 526497
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Heading: The Postarrest Search and the Automobile Exception

Text: 31 Having found that the search of the jeep at the time of Arango's arrest was legal, we easily may dispose of Arango's remaining fourth amendment argument. The district court also held that following the search incident to arrest the officers had probable cause to conduct a more thorough warrantless search of the vehicle at the DEA garage pursuant to the automobile exception. See Michigan v. Long, 463 U.S. 1032, 103 S.Ct. 3469, 77 L.Ed.2d 1201 (1983); United States v. Ross, 456 U.S. 798, 102 S.Ct. 2157, 72 L.Ed.2d 572 (1982); Chambers v. Maroney, 399 U.S. 42, 90 S.Ct. 1975, 26 L.Ed.2d 419 (1970); United States v. Boden, 854 F.2d 983, 994 (7th Cir.1988). Because we agree that the original search of the jeep incident to Arango's arrest was not illegal or tainted, we must reject Arango's fruit of the poisonous tree argument. We hold that the district court correctly refused to suppress the evidence discovered during the agents' postarrest search of the jeep at the DEA garage.