United States v. Pannell

KERN, Associate Judge.

The Government appeals 1 from an order entered by the trial court prior to trial suppressing narcotics paraphernalia seized from appellee’s automobile on the parking lot of a police precinct station after he had been arrested and taken therefor booking on the charge of driving without a valid permit. The Government seeks to justify the search of the automobile on the ground that an inventory of its contents was necessary for the protection of appellee after the police had impounded it and to justify the seizure of the narcotics paraphernalia from the car on the ground…