What is the name of your state? Washington:
Police Officers entered a residence on an arrest warrant for the owner. They arrest her and ask if there is anyone else in the home. She informs them she has a renter (rents furnished bedroom) who is in a back room asleep. The police go to the room that has a lock on the door but was unlocked, enter and observo a man sleeping. They observe a black item, possibly a wallet, in a pocket of a pair of pants on the floor. They retrieve the item and discover drugs in it. They arrest the man placing him in handcuffs (and in a police vehicle), and call for (and receive) a search warrant.
Are the police allowed to conduct these searches when they entered on an arrest warrant and had their party in custody?
Police Officers entered a residence on an arrest warrant for the owner. They arrest her and ask if there is anyone else in the home. She informs them she has a renter (rents furnished bedroom) who is in a back room asleep. The police go to the room that has a lock on the door but was unlocked, enter and observo a man sleeping. They observe a black item, possibly a wallet, in a pocket of a pair of pants on the floor. They retrieve the item and discover drugs in it. They arrest the man placing him in handcuffs (and in a police vehicle), and call for (and receive) a search warrant.
Are the police allowed to conduct these searches when they entered on an arrest warrant and had their party in custody?