Legal Opinion
State v. Godina-Luna
Court of Appeals of Utah
Decided January 30, 1992No. 900567-CAPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GARFF, Judge:
The State of Utah appeals an order granting defendants’ motion to suppress evidence seized from their vehicle after a deputy sheriff stopped them for a traffic violation. The trial court held the initial stop was valid, but the detention and search of the vehicle exceeded the scope of the stop and was therefore illegal. We affirm.
FACTS
The constitutionality of a police officer’s detention and search of an individual’s automobile turns on the facts specific to each case. State v. Jackson, 805 P.2d 765, 766 (Utah App.1990), cert. denied, 815 P.2d 241 (Utah 1991). We therefore…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Arizona v. HicksSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by23 opinions
- State v. HansenUtah Supreme Court · 2002
- Salt Lake City v. RayCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2000
- State v. BeaversCourt of Appeals of Utah · 1993
- State v. SepulvedaCourt of Appeals of Utah · 1992
- State v. BelloCourt of Appeals of Utah · 1994
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