Articles From Hon. John McAdams

Inventory searches: Before you may search you must have the right to seize By Hon. John McAdams Traffic Laws and Courts, May 2011 The threshold question in any inventory search is the validity of the original seizure of the vehicle. If the original impound was invalid, even if pursuant to a written or oral standardized police policy, the subsequent inventory search is unconstitutional.

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