State v. Carlton

*643The opinion of the court was delivered by

Biles, J.:

Frederick W. Carlton seeks review of a divided Court of Appeals decision. The panel reversed the district court’s order suppressing drug evidence obtained during a vehicle search conducted incident to Carlton’s arrest following a traffic stop. The panel majority acknowledged the vehicle search was later invalidated by Arizona v. Gant, 556 U.S. 332, 129 S. Ct. 1710, 173 L. Ed. 2d 485 (2009), but held that the drug evidence should not be suppressed because at the time Carlton’s vehicle was searched, existing caselaw and K.S.A. 22-2501(c)…