United State Supreme Court, Arizona v. Grant

The United States Supreme Court has issued a pro-rights decision in Arizona v. Grant.  Read the decision here:

The Supreme Court upheld a decision by the Arizona Supreme Court in the case of Rodney Gant, who was handcuffed in the back of a patrol car when police searched his car and found cocaine and drug paraphernalia. The trial court said the evidence could be used against him, but the Arizona appeals court overturned Gant’s conviction because the police were under no threat for their safety and there was no possibility of evidence being destroyed.  The Supreme Court agreed.

The line up of the decision is also cause for hope as Justices Scalia and Thomas are in the majority but Breyer dissents.