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E17| Searching vehicle after arrest on outstanding warrant. Fair or foul?
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In this episode, Mike discusses the Ontario Court of Appeal decision R. v. Francis, 2022 ONCA 729 where police arrested a man on an outstanding arrest warrant and searched the vehicle he was driving, discovering a loaded pistol and drugs in the process. This was followed up with a strip search at the police station and more drugs were found. Was a search of the vehicle as an incident to arrest proper when the basis for the arrest was an outstanding arrest warrant and there was no urgency because the arrestee was in handcuffs…
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