McDaniel v. State

Lavenski R. Smith, Justice.

Appellant, Larron Clark McDaniel (“McDaniel”), appeals his conviction on drug charges from the Faulkner county circuit court. McDaniel entered a conditional guilty plea pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 24.3(b), and was sentenced to 120 months of imprisonment, with sixty months suspended. Appellant challenges the denial of his motion to suppress evidence on the grounds that the search of locked toolboxes and a briefcase in the bed of his truck based on an officer’s assertion that he smelled marijuana violated the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution. We…