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Greta Was Arrested and Booked into the County Jail on an Outstanding

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Greta was arrested and booked into the county jail on an outstanding warrant for issuing a bad check. The vehicle that she was operating at the time of her arrest was towed to the impound yard. Greta learns that her vehicle was searched by the police after her arrest, and the police found narcotics. As a result, Greta was charged with a narcotics offense. Greta moves to suppress the narcotics as the product of an illegal search. Will her motion be successful?


A) Yes, because the search of her vehicle was too remote in time to constitute a search incident to an arrest.
B) Yes, because the police had no probable cause to search Greta's vehicle.
C) No, if the search was conducted when it reached the impound yard it was consistent with standard procedure.
D) No, because she has no reasonable expectation of privacy in her vehicle once it was seized by the police.

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