State v. Kevin Gamble (071234)

Judge CUFF (temporarily assigned) delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal involves the validity of a warrantless search of a van and the seizure of a handgun from the van’s center console. The initial investigatory stop, the subsequent frisk of the occupants, and the protective search of the passenger compartment of the van were precipitated by two late night anonymous calls to police. The first reported “shots fired”; the second reported an individual seated in a van with a gun on his lap. Both calls identified a location that was well-known to the responding police officers as a…