Question

1. Police Officer Rector observed an automobile going the wrong direction on a one-way street. When the officer tried to stop the automobile, the driver fled, resulting in a high-speed chase. The chase ended when the driver’s car crashed into a telephone pole. Concerned that the car might ignite from a gas leak, the officer pulled the unconscious woman from the car. As he was grabbing the woman from the car, he saw he a knife covered in blood on the front seat. After pulling the woman to safety the officer went back to the vehicle and recovered the knife. It was later discovered that the knife was used in a murder of the woman’s husband. Did Officer Rector legally find the knife? Explain.

Answer 1

Since the female fled from police, therefore she was going to be arrested, so using search upon arrest, yes the knife was legally found by the LEO.

Also if say the officer was walking by the car in a parking lot and saw a bloody knife in the front seat, that would give the officer probably cause to search the car.