Legal Opinion

State v. Evans

Arizona Supreme Court

Decided January 13, 1994No. CR-92-0228-PRPublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ZLAKET, Justice.

The court of appeals, with one judge dissenting, held that the trial court abused its discretion in granting defendant’s motion to suppress. State v. Evans, 172 Ariz. 314, 836 P.2d 1024 (Ct.App.1992). We disagree and vacate the appellate court’s opinion.

Defendant was stopped for a traffic violation on January 5,1991. At the time, he had a suspended driver’s license. Neither of these offenses, however, precipitated his eventual arrest. The police officer testified at the suppression hearing that he would not have placed defendant under arrest if a computerized records…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. United States v. LeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  5. Michigan v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Arizona v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  2. State v. HydeArizona Supreme Court · 1996
  3. State v. WhiteSupreme Court of Florida · 1995
  4. State v. DodsonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2003
  5. Clifford J Ochser v. Gerard funk/anthony CruzArizona Supreme Court · 2011

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