In Re Armand

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

This is an appeal by the respondent, Armand, a juvenile adjudged delinquent by a justice of the Family Court relying on the court’s finding that Armand willfully and unlawfully carried a pistol on or about his person without a license, in violation of G.L.1956 (1981 Reenactment) § 11-47-8. Armand appeals the denial of his motion to suppress the introduction of the weapon into evidence. He contends that the weapon was seized pursuant to an unlawful search incident to an arrest made without probable cause. The facts as disclosed at the suppression hearing are as follows.