Under the holding in Chimel v. California (1969), a leading SCOTUS case on searches incident to arrest, the police must limit a thorough search incident to arrest to:

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In Chimel v. California (1969), the Supreme Court held that a search incident to arrest is limited to the arrestee's person and the area within the arrestee's immediate control, where it is justified to prevent the arrestee from accessing a weapon or destroying evidence.

Under the Holding in Chimel V