warrant [the officers] in believing that the area to be swept harbored] an individual posing a danger to those on the arrest scene” that would justify a protective sweep. Buie, 494 U.S. at 334, 110 S.Ct. 1093. Because the record clearly demonstrates that Lemus was arrested in an area “immediately adjoining” the living room, a limited search of that room was proper without either reasonable suspicion or probable cause as a protective search incident to the arrest. See id. According to Buie, a “protective search ‘incident to the arrest’” to protect the arresting officers from the danger of a surprise attack can be completed without reasonable suspicion or probable cause if two conditions are present. First, the area searched must “immediately adjoin[ ]” the area of arre (5th Cir.2006) (<HOLDING>); United States v. Thomas, 368 U.S.App.D.C.
holding that buie permitted the search of a bedroom fifteen feet down a hallway in which the suspect was arrested holding that under buie the second room in a tworoom apartment immediately adjoined the first room in which the suspect was arrested holding that buie permitted a search of an open storage unit when the suspect was arrested immediately outside holding that buie permitted a search of a small bedroom a few feet down the hallway from the bedroom in which the suspect was arrested recognizing that a protective search of a residence may be justified when the defendant is arrested outside of the home