State v. Gary Santos

OPINION

Justice FLAHERTY,

for the Court.

Gary Santos appeals from a judgment of conviction for carrying a firearm in a motor vehicle without a license in violation of G.L.1956 § ll-47-8(a). 1 Santos’ principal argument on appeal is that the trial justice erred when he denied his motion to suppress tangible evidence, to wit, a .44-cali-ber revolver and eleven bullets. Santos argues that his motion to suppress should have been granted because the revolver and bullets were seized after a police officer conducted what he alleges was an illegal search in violation of article 1, sections 6 and 10 of…