Legal Opinion
People v. Hunt
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 20, 1990No. C007356PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SIMS, J.
In this case we decide, among other things, that a passenger in a car is properly citable for not wearing a seat belt, a violation of Vehicle Code section 27315 (hereafter section 27315), when a police officer lawfully stops the car for a traffic violation and sees the passenger is not wearing a seat belt. We also decide that where a police officer arrests the occupant of a car, places him in the backseat of a patrol car, and immediately conducts a search of the passenger compartment of the occupant’s car, the search is lawful under New York v. Belton (1981) 453 U.S. 454 [69…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Dunaway v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- New York v. BeltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- People v. Lance W.California Supreme Court · 1985
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