McBath v. State

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

The defendant in this case, Ronald J. McBath, was subjected to an arguably illegal investigative stop. During the course of this stop, the police learned McBath’s identity and also learned that there were two preexisting unserved warrants for his arrest. The police arrested McBath on these warrants and, during a search incident to this arrest, the police discovered that McBath was carrying methamphetamine — a discovery that ultimately led to McBath’s conviction for fourth-degree controlled substance misconduct.

In this appeal, McBath argues that the initial…