Boykins v. State
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of possession of cocaine and sentenced to four years imprisonment. Defendant appealed his conviction and the denial of his motion to suppress drug evidence seized from his vehicle, arguing that the vehicle search violated his Fourth Amendment rights. The court held that the State failed to make any meaningful showing that this was the "rare" case justifying a warrantless vehicle search because officers were unable to fully effectuate an arrest. Because the State failed to meet its burden of proving the search incident to arrest exception to the warrant requirement, the exception did not apply.
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