State v. Johnson

¶1 Jesse Ray Johnson appeals his convictions for two felony counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (heroin and cocaine), counts I and V, and one count unlawful use of drug paraphernalia, count II.1 He argues that the trial court should have suppressed the evidence seized during a vehicle search incident to his arrest because (1) the officer had unreasonably “seized” the illegally parked vehicle in which he was a passenger, which led to discovery of his outstanding arrest warrants; and (2) the later vehicle search incident to his arrest was unlawful under the Fourth Amendment…