State v. Neville

TODD, Justice.

The sole issue on this appeal by defendant of his judgment of conviction of possession of LSD with intent to distribute and simple possession of cocaine is whether the trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion to suppress, which was based on a claim that the police, who discovered the drugs in a search incident to a warrantless arrest of defendant, arrested defendant without probable cause. We hold that the officers did have probable cause to arrest defendant and therefore we uphold the de nial of the suppression motion and affirm defendant’s convictions.

On January 30,…