Arizona V. Gant 556 US 332 Police responded to a report that a home was being used to sell drugs. When they arrived at the home, Gant opened the door and stated that he expected the owner to return home later. The officers left and checked Gant's documents and found that his driver's license had been suspended and that there was a warrant for his arrest. The officers returned to the home later that evening and Gant was not there. Gant returned shortly thereafter and was recognized by the officers. He parked at the end of the driveway and exited his vehicle and was arrested 10 feet from his car and was immediately placed in the back of the police car. After Gant was secured, two officers searched his car and found a gun and a bag of cocaine. The question raised by this case is whether or not the officers had the right to search the car of a person they had just arrested while the person was handcuffed and placed in the back of a police car? The initial rule relating to this case, as seen in New York v. Belton, was that once a police officer made a lawful custodial arrest of the occu...