Brown v. State

Appellant was convicted of four counts of felony petit theft. Although Appellant raises two points on appeal, only one point merits discussion — whether the lower court erred when it denied his motion to suppress the fruits of a warrantless search of his automobile, which was conducted incident to his lawful arrest on outstanding warrants. We conclude that the search was lawful under the Supreme Court’s recent pronouncement in Arizona v. Gant, - U.S. -,-, 129 S.Ct. 1710, 1716, 173 L.Ed.2d 485 (2009), even though Appellant was not within reach of the vehicle at the time of the search. We also…