South Dakota Asks Supreme Court To Reject ‘Purse Exception’ To Vehicle Searches

( March 17, 2025, 1:45 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a March 12 brief, South Dakota argues that the U.S. Supreme Court should reject a petition for certiorari from a woman convicted for drug possession based on evidence obtained from the search of her purse after a traffic stop, stating that, per relevant precedent, “a vehicle search extends to a purse provided there is reason to believe it contains evidence relevant to the offense of the arrest of an occupant of a vehicle.”...