"Said ruling reversed a gun-possession conviction because police had, according to the court, overstepped their bounds in searching the trunk of the suspect's car. To be more precise, the car the suspect was driving (with a suspended license).
The cops opened the trunk after a records check showed that the vehicle bore stolen temporary license tags. And, lo and behold, they found a .25-caliber pistol."
My recollection of the details is a bit different. It was the middle of the night, there was a light out on the car, the plates were stolen and there was no registration. As Roberts noted, it is common to find the real plates in the trunk of a car stolen and having false plates hence the cops were reasonable in their search.
"Said ruling reversed a gun-possession conviction because police had, according to the court, overstepped their bounds in searching the trunk of the suspect's car. To be more precise, the car the suspect was driving (with a suspended license). The cops opened the trunk after a records check showed that the vehicle bore stolen temporary license tags. And, lo and behold, they found a .25-caliber pistol."
... is from the article....
My comment was that the search was the legal question, not the 2nd amendment, and that under the circumstances, the search was warranted.