Lewis v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following a stipulated bench trial, Horatio Lewis appeals his conviction of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, 1 contending that the trial court erred by denying his motion to suppress evidence found in his vehicle during an inventory search after his arrest. Because the arrest arose from a valid Terry stop based on reasonable articulable suspicion under the totality of the circumstances, and because the officer was then authorized to perform an inventory search prior to impounding Lewis’s vehicle, we affirm.

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