State v. Streeter

HUSKINS, Justice.

This case involves the admissibility of evidence obtained by officers as a result of defendant’s on-the-street arrest and the *207accompanying search of his person. Defendant contends his warrantless arrest was without probable cause, the search of his person illegal, and the fruits of the search inadmissible in evidence against him.

We first determine whether the facts afforded the officers probable cause to arrest defendant and whether the search of his person was incident to that arrest.

“Probable cause for an arrest has been defined to be a reasonable ground of suspicion,…