Court Opinion

ID: 9553553
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 19:31:48.096705+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:31:34.966711
License: Public Domain

PETERS. J.
I concur. I do so because I feel bound by the rules announced by the Supreme Court in its recent decision in Cooper v. California, 386 U.S. 58 [17 L.Ed.2d 730, 87 S.Ct. 788], I interpret that decision, as do the four dissenting justices (386 U.S. at p. 65), as overruling Preston v. United States, 376 U.S. 364 [11 L.Ed.2d 777, 84 S.Ct. 881]. No longer need a warrant be secured if a search is not incidental to a lawful arrest but is separated from the arrest both in time and space. A search is now permissible without a warrant if the vehicle is in valid police custody. In the instant ease the vehicle was undoubtedly in the valid custody of the police. The search was, therefore, proper under Cooper, supra.