Lewis v. United States

SULLIVAN, Associate Judge:

This case raises an issue of first impression for this court. Specifically, we are asked to decide whether a warrantless search of the locked glove compartment in an automobile, which appellant had parked, exited, locked, and walked away from before a police officer initiated contact with him fifteen to twenty feet away, was a constitutionally valid search incident to his arrest for the misdemeanor offense of driving without a license. 2

The trial court denied appellant’s motion to suppress the 100 ziplock bags of heroin seized from the glove compartment.…