Mounts v. State

John Mauzy Pittman, Judge.

Appellant Ralph Gene Mounts entered a conditional guilty plea to a charge of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver pursuant to Rule 24.3(b) of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure. He was sentenced to twenty years in the Arkansas Department of Correction, a $120,000.00 fine and court costs. He argues on appeal that the officers lacked probable cause to arrest him for driving under a suspended or revoked driver’s license and consequently were precluded from inventorying his impounded vehicle in which 60 kilograms (130 pounds) of cocaine were…