The issue presented is whether the search of defendant's person and the consequent seizure of a loaded firearm were justified as incident to a valid arrest on another charge. Upon this appeal, we are concerned only with the conviction resulting from the seizure of the weapon.
The defendant maintains that the weapon seized, following his arrest for criminal possession of stolen property, should
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