State v. Reyna

OPINION

TIMMER, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 Under the “automobile exception” to the Fourth Amendment warrant requirement, law enforcement officers can search a vehicle lawfully in them custody if probable cause exists to believe that the vehicle contains contraband, even in the absence of exigent circumstances. United States v. Johns, 469 U.S. 478, 484, 105 S.Ct. 881, 83 L.Ed.2d 890 (1985). In this appeal, which challenges the trial court’s denial of Francisco Javier Reyna’s motion to suppress evidence, we must decide whether the privacy rights afforded by the Arizona Constitution require the…