State v. Bradley

I concur in the judgment and in the opinion except as to that part in which the majority finds that a valid search of the automobile occurred as an incident to the arrest.

The right to search an automobile without a search warrant as an incident of a valid arrest, or the right to search an automobile upon probable cause without first arresting one of its occupants, has been so repeatedly recognized by the United States Supreme Court and other courts in this country that a citation of authorities is unnecessary.

These rules, however, are subject to the salutary limitation that exceptions to the…