Vol. 35 No. 22 POLICE OFFICERS’ FAILURE TO PRECISELY COMPLY WITH POLICE DEPARTMENT TOWING POLICY’S INVENTORY SEARCH DIRECTION DID NOT RENDER SEARCH INVALID
In United States v. Magdirila,[1] filed on June 23, 2020, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a District Court’s denial of a criminal defendant’s motion to suppress contraband found during an inventory search of a vehicle he was driving. In reaching its decision, the Court held that police officers’ failure to precisely comply with […]