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THORNTON, MARCUS v. UNITED STATES (42244)

    Order dated: 11/03/03
    Docket number: 03-5165
    Action:
        The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted.

THORNTON, MARCUS v. UNITED STATES (42244)

    Order dated: 01/12/04
    Docket number: 03-5165
    Action:
        The motion of Shashank S. Upadhye for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted.

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

Whether New York v. Belton, 453 U.S. 454 (1981), which established a bright-line rule authorizing a search of a car's passenger compartment incident to a contemporaneous lawful arrest of an occupant therein, also authorizes a warrantless search of a car when the arrestee was not in the car when the police initiated contact with him or within reaching distance of the car at the time of the arrest?

An opinion has been handed down: