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Justices question cops’ detention power (access required)

By: Kimberly Atkins
Staff writer
Published: November 1, 2012

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WASHINGTON – The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed disinclined to back a lower court ruling allowing police to detain someone incident to the execution of a search warrant after the person had driven a mile away from the location being searched.
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