State v. Rodriguez

FLANIGAN, Judge.

The trial court, sitting without a jury, found defendant guilty of trafficking drugs in the second degree, § 195.223,1 and he was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. Defendant appeals.

Defendant contends that the trial court erred in overruling his motion to suppress 45 bundles of marijuana and other evidence seized by officers from a Dodge van driven by defendant, and statements made by defendant subsequent to the stop, because the challenged items were obtained in violation of his rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, and Art. 1, § 15…