Where a suspect was under arrest for vehicle theft, a police search of the vehicle for evidence of ownership uncovered an unregistered gun, the search was ruled to be reasonable.
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a decision by U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb, Western District of Wisconsin.
Early on June 10, 2012, Veronica Fernandez called 911 to report that she had a fight with her boyfriend Justin Edwards and that he stole her car, a gray Mitsubishi Eclipse.
A police dispatcher in Ashland, Wis., …