Does a police officer have the right to search the front seat of a car when there is probable cause of arrest?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Richardson, 6 Cal.App.3d 70, 85 Cal.Rptr. 607 (Cal. App. 1970):
With probable cause to arrest, the officer had the right, coincidentally, even though preceding formal arrest (People v. Terry, 70 Cal.2d 410, [6 Cal.App.3d 76] 428, 77 Cal.Rptr. 460, 454 P.2d 36; People v. Cockrell, 63 Cal.2d 659, 666--667, 47 Cal.Rptr. 788, 408 P.2d 116), 6 to search the front seat of
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