Gant was arrested for driving with a suspended license by police. Before officers searched his car, Gant was handcuffed and placed in a patrol car. In the vehicle search, officers found cocaine and a handgun. During trial, the court denied Grant’s motion to overturn the evidence of cocaine and the handgun on grounds that police lacked a search warrant for his vehicle, and therefore violated his Fourth Amendment rights. The Court denied his motion, ruling the evidence obtained through a legitimate stop and arrest, and in result Gant was convicted with procession of cocaine. He decided to appeal the conviction to the Arizona Court of Appeals where Arizona reversed the decision by ruling the search was unconstitutional, and the Arizona Supreme
