Steven Davis v. United States

THOMPSON, Associate Judge:

After a bench trial, appellant Steven Davis was convicted of possession of a controlled substance (cocaine). He argues on appeal that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress the two ziplock bags of cocaine found in his vehicle by a police officer who had entered the vehicle in order to move it out of the way of traffic. Because we conclude that the officer entered the vehicle as a reasonable exercise of his community caretaking function (and, as the trial court found, not in connection with a criminal investigation), and because the subsequent seizure…