State v. O'Neill

Brown, A.C.J.

— Following his traffic stop and arrest for driving with a suspended license, David O’Neill was convicted in a stipulated-facts bench trial of possessing a controlled substance found in his locked truck. Although he concedes the traffic stop was proper and his driving with a suspended license made him eligible for arrest, Mr. O’Neill mainly asks us to reverse based upon local jail booking policies, which he claims normally would have precluded his incarceration for driving with a suspended license. Because Mr. O’Neill was validly arrested and the search of his truck was incident…