The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Thornton, 710 F.2d 513 (9th Cir. 1983):
The seizure of the gun was the result of a lawful search incident to arrest. When a car's occupant is arrested lawfully, the passenger compartment may be searched contemporaneously, incident to the arrest. New York v. Belton, 453 U.S. 454, 460, 101 S.Ct. 2860, 2864, 69 L.Ed.2d 768 (1981).
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