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State v. Lucas

The State's failure to produce a valid arrest warrant at the motion to suppress hearing did not invalidate the arrest that led to the discovery of contraband because there was probable cause to arrest the defendant and a warrant was thus not required.

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The State appeals the trial court’s grant of a motion to suppress evidence seized in a search incident to arrest. For the reasons stated below, we reverse.

The record shows that officers stopped Datavious Demon Lucas for speeding, learned that Lucas had an outstanding warrant for his arrest, arrested Lucas, and discovered contraband during the search incident to arrest. Lucas was charged with possession of a controlled substance Alprazolam, possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, and speeding. Lucas moved to suppress the evidence obtained in the search, the trial court granted the motion, and the State appeals that decision. In the trial court, Lucas did not challenge the validity of the stop or that a search is authorized incident to an arrest.1 Rather, he argued that his arrest was illegal because it was based on an invalid arrest warrant, which was allegedly issued for his paternal twin brother Datravious Deon Lucas, and that the State never produced any warrant for the defendant during discovery or at the hearing on the motion to suppress.

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