Rudd v. State

OPINION

CORNISH, Judge:

The appellant was convicted of Unlawful Possession of Marijuana With Intent to Distribute, and sentenced to three (3) years’ imprisonment. He waived jury trial and was found guilty before the trial judge.

I

The appellant claims that the marijuana seized from his car was obtained pursuant to an illegal inventory search of his car. It is generally held that vehicle inventory searches conducted pursuant to standard police practices are reasonable under the Fourth Amendment, “where the process is aimed at securing or protecting the car and ‘its contents’ ” South Dakota v.…