People v. Alkabeeli

OPINION OF THE COURT

Melissa A. Crane, J.

This case calls upon the court to determine whether a police officer, after stopping a vehicle for a traffic infraction, may seize a knife without having reasonable suspicion that it is an illegal gravity knife. On March 13, 2015, this court held a Mapp hearing on defendant’s motion to suppress evidence of a gravity knife. Upon consideration of all testimony, and the arguments of counsel and the People, the court will not suppress the knife for the following reasons:

Findings of Fact

Police Officer Francisco Adames testified for the People. Having…