State v. Gant

¶22 I respectfully dissent. The majority arrives at its conclusion by seizing on dicta in State v. Dean, 206 Adz. 158, ¶ 34, 76 P.3d 429, 437 (2003), to, in essence, single-handedly discard the bright-line rule set forth in New York v. Belton, 453 U.S. 454, 460, 101 S.Ct. 2860, 2864, 69 L.Ed.2d 768 (1981), and followed in scores of eases since, including those in Arizona such as State v. Hein, 138 Ariz. 360, 365, 674 P.2d 1358, 1363 (1983); State v. Hanna, 173 Ariz. 30, 32, 839 P.2d 450, 452 (App.1992); State v. Hersch, 135 Ariz. 528, 531, 662 P.2d 1035, 1038 (App.1982); and Dean itself, 206…