Court Opinion

ID: 9537117
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 07:12:43.009038+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:56:05.001340
License: Public Domain

Fontkon, J.,
concurring: I agree that the impoundment of the vehicle driven by defendant was unauthorized and hence that the inventory search was illegal. However, I have diificulty in accepting the concept that a search for inventory purposes is limited to those areas and to those objects which are in plain view. The general, and better rule in my judgment, would appear to be otherwise. (See Anno: Inventory Search of Impounded Vehicle, 48 A. L. R. 3d §§ 12 [a], pp. 577, 578, 13 [a], p. 580.)
Kaul, J., joins in the foregoing concurring opinion.
Fromme, J., not participating.