People v. Krezen

In this case, we are asked to decide if evidence obtained from the defendant’s car during an inventory of its contents after impoundment was admissible. The car was impounded by the police after the defendant was arrested by the Grand Rapids Police Department at the Kent County Airport. The police had been alerted by authorities in San Diego, California, that the package picked up by the defendant contained cocaine. *683The car was parked by the air freight office and the defendant’s purse was left on the front seat of the car. The trial court in this case found the evidence admissible, but the…