State v. Kelley

Jim Gunter, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal by the State from the Pulaski County Circuit Court’s order granting Harold Jerome Kelley’s motion to suppress. The State contends that evidence seized during an inventory pursuant to the impoundment of Kelley’s car for failure to provide proof of insurance was lawful, and that the circuit court erred in granting Kelley’s motion to suppress it. We agree with the circuit court, and affirm its order suppressing the evidence.

These are the relevant facts. While patrolling an area in Southwest Little Rock on October 16, 2003, Little Rock police…