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Task: Vehicle Search-Frisk

Michigan v. Long, 463 U.S.1032 (1983).

A police officer who has reasonable suspicion to believe that a

vehicle contains a weapon may search the vehicle subject to the

following limitations:

• The search is limited to the passenger compartment in which the

subject of the stop could reach for a weapon.

• The search is limited to those areas in the passenger compartment

capable of holding a weapon.

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