Very interesting. I'd love to read the case on the video tape admissibility. Do you remember the name, or have any information about it? Edit: Can't find the c

Very interesting. I'd love to read the case on the video tape admissibility. Do you remember the name, or have any information about it? Edit: Can't find the case, but the rationale according to a secondary source is "The search was invalid because the viewing of the tape was unnecessary to ensure its return to the defendant and it did not further any valid objective of an inventory search." So the rationale hangs on the definition of the "valid objectives" of an inventory search. The "objectives [of an inventory search are] preserving the property of the defendant, shielding the police against claims of lost property, and protecting the police and others from any dangerous objects.