State v. Spencer

The state appeals the trial court’s order suppressing evidence of cocaine which police seized after searching defendant’s purse following her arrest for conspiracy to deliver controlled substances. The state argues that the affidavits supporting search warrants for defendant and her vehicle established probable cause for the search. The state also contends that, if the warrants were not valid, the search of defendant’s purse was lawful, either as incident to her arrest for conspiracy to deliver controlled substances or under the automobile exception to the warrant requirement. Because we…