Stewart v. State

John B. Robbins, Chief Judge.

Appellant Kathy Stewart appeals her conviction after a bench trial for possession of a controlled substance, cocaine, for which she was sentenced to three years’ probation, ordered to pay a $250 fine plus court costs, and given thirty days in jail. Her sole point on appeal is that the trial court erred in declining to suppress the evidence seized from her person by the police officer who stopped her in the early morning of December 4, 1995. We agree with appellant and reverse her conviction.

The events leading up to appellant’s arrest are as follows. A Little Rock…