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HAMEL v. STATE

No. 2129, Sept. Term, 2005.

943 A.2d 686 (2008)

179 Md. App. 1

Jason Keith HAMEL v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

March 6, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Kennedy (Nancy S. Forster, Public Defender, on brief), for appellant.

Cathleen C. Brockmeyer (Douglas F. Gansler, Atty, Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Panel SALMON, ADKINS and SHARER, JJ.

SHARER, J.

In this appeal we are asked to determine whether the search of a locked glove compartment comes within the scope of a lawful search incident to arrest, as enunciated in New York v. Belton,1 and applied in subsequent cases. We shall hold that it does.

Following a non-jury trial in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Jason Keith Hamel, appellant, was convicted of a single count of possession of a firearm in...

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