FDLE Law Enforcement Officer Certification Exam

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An officer conducts a lawful arrest of a recent occupant of a vehicle for an outstanding felony warrant. The arrestee is immediately handcuffed and secured in the back of the patrol car. According to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in *Arizona v. Gant*, under which of the following conditions may the officer now conduct a warrantless search of the vehicle's passenger compartment?

The officer may search the vehicle automatically as a search incident to any lawful custodial arrest. The officer may only search the vehicle if the arrestee is within reaching distance of the passenger compartment at the time of the search. The officer may search the vehicle if it is reasonable to believe that evidence of the *offense of arrest* might be found in the vehicle. The officer may search the entire vehicle, including the trunk, without any further justification.

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The officer may search the vehicle if it is reasonable to believe that evidence of the *offense of arrest* might be found in the vehicle.

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