Does a search incidental to arrest include a search of the vehicle of the accused?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from R. v Dutchak, 2017 BCSC 810 (CanLII):

A search incidental to arrest may include a search of the vehicle the accused was arrested in: Cloutier v. Langlois, 1990 CanLII 122 (SCC), [1990] 1 S.C.R. 158 at para. 31.

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