RW>CH> Any officer stopping your vehicle is going to be concerned
RW>CH> about his safety.  Obviously, if you had a 12 guage shotgun
RW>CH> on the seat next to you it would be important that he be
RW>CH> aware of that.  Moreover, the officer has an obligation to
RW>Hum. . .I guess they think maybe I'm Plasticman and
RW>they should make sure I don't have that shotgun on the
RW>rear floorboard behind the driver's seat.  I can see
RW>the argument but when the courts have ruled that the
RW>officer can search the passenger compartment even if
RW>the driver is out side of the car for the officer's
RW>"safety" it starts getting really thin.
You aren't applying this to search subsequent to arrest or an
inventory of a seized vehicle; are you?
CHARLES HUNTER
 * 1st 2.00 #9124 * Glory is fleeting but obscurity is forever.
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