Legal Opinion
State v. Acosta
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided November 13, 1990No. 1 CA-CR 89-306PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EHRLICH, Judge.
Roberto Gonzalez Acosta, the defendant, was indicted for one count of possessing cocaine and one count of transporting cocaine. He filed a motion to suppress the cocaine found during a search of the car he was driving. After an evidentiary hearing, which included the testimony of the defendant and three officers, the court granted the motion to suppress. The state timely appealed. We affirm the trial court’s suppression of the evidence.
FACTS
In reviewing a trial court’s ruling on a motion to suppress, we consider the facts in the light most favorable to upholding the…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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