State v. Ingman

The state appeals the trial court’s suppression of evidence discovered during a search of defendant’s person incident to arrest and a subsequent consensual search of his car. The state argues that the trial court erred in concluding that the officer did not have probable cause to arrest defendant. We reverse and remand.

Officer Howrey lawfully stopped defendant for a traffic offense. During the stop, Howrey saw a semiautomatic pistol in a holster on the passenger seat of defendant’s car. He also noticed that defendant appeared “very nervous” and that his “arms and hands were shaking severely.”…