The court properly denied defendant's suppression motion. The record establishes that defendant was arrested by a police sergeant who undisputedly had probable cause to make that arrest (regardless of which officer was credited with the arrest for police administrative purposes), and that a wrench was recovered from defendant's person immediately after the arrest. Accordingly, the search was incident to a preexisting lawful arrest, even though it was conducted by another...
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