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STATE v. LANCTOT

Criminal No. 980218

587 N.W.2d 568 (1998)

1998 ND 216

STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Douglas Joseph LANCTOT, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

December 22, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark R. Boening, Assistant State's Attorney, Fargo, for plaintiff and appellee.

Richard E. Edinger, Moorhead, for defendant and appellant.

Kapsner, Justice.

[¶ 1] Douglas Joseph Lanctot appealed from a conviction for unlawful use of a license entered upon a conditional plea of guilty. We hold a police officer's warrantless search of Lanctot's billfold was a valid search incident to a custodial arrest. We therefore affirm the conviction.

[¶ 2] At approximately 5:30 p.m. on January 26, 1998, two West Fargo police officers went to Pappy's Cars and Auto Repair to execute a warrant authorizing...

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