Legal Opinion
State v. Vasquez
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided February 12, 1991No. CR-90-0137-PRPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*353OPINION
MOELLER, Justice.
JURISDICTION
Jaime Soto Vasquez (defendant) was arrested for unlawful possession of cocaine after police searched his jacket during an investigation of a family fight. Defendant moved to suppress the cocaine, alleging that the police should have limited their search of the jacket to hard objects that could have been weapons. The state argued that the search was proper as a protective pat-down search. The state also argued that the officer had probable cause to arrest defendant and authority to transport him, without regard to defendant’s lack of consent. After an…
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