Long v. State

RYDER, Judge.

Although Miller v. State1 hasn’t been on the books as long as one might suspect, surely the message it carries should soon be disseminated to the officer in the field.

Long appeals an order denying his motion to suppress evidence seized during an inventory of the vehicle driven by him. The inventory of the vehicle’s contents occurred subsequent to the impoundment of the automobile which was seized also subsequent to Long’s arrest for making an illegal U-turn and, minutes thereafter, for failure to produce the vehicle’s certificate of registration.

When asked to produce the…