According to the Supreme Court in Chimel v. California, involving the search of a house incident to an arrest for burglary of a coin shop:

a. it is not reasonable to search a person who is lawfully arrested.
b. it is not reasonable to search an entire house incident to a lawful arrest of someone there.
c. the Fourth Amendment does not protect searches incident to lawful arrests.
d. police must always have search warrants to search persons.


b

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