State v. Minor

LEWIS, Judge.

Defendant asserts that his Fourth Amendment rights under the United States Constitution were violated by the search of his person and the search of a vehicle in which he was a passenger. His motion to suppress evidence seized in the search of the vehicle was denied, and he pled guilty to one count of possession of a Schedule II substance and one count of carrying a concealed weapon. We reverse the trial court’s denial of the motion to suppress.

*480The evidence tended to show that on 23 March 1997 at approximately 4 p.m., defendant was a passenger in a Nissan Altima with a temporary…