Henderson v. State

Tom Glaze, Judge.

Appellant appeals his conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, for which he was sentenced to a three-year term in the Arkansas Department of Correction. He contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress the evidence, claiming that the warrantless search of his briefcase was both unreasonable and beyond the scope of the inventory procedure.

On the afternoon of July 4, 1984, a park ranger saw appellant in his vehicle parked on the side of a road in the park’s campground sewage disposal area. Appellant appeared to be passed out, and his…