Legal Opinion
State v. Lafond
Court of Appeals of Utah
Decided April 3, 2003No. 20010970-CAPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION 1
ORME, Judge.
T1 Robin M. Lafond appeals her convietion of illegal possession of a controlled substance in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 58-3T-8@)(a)(i) (1998). Lafond contends that because the investigating officer had no reasonable suspicion to justify the frisk and resulting search of her person, the district court erroneously denied her motion to suppress. We agree and reverse.
BACKGROUND
T2 "Because a determination of the reasonableness of ... police conduct is highly factual in nature, we review the facts in detail." State v. Trujillo, 739 P.2d 85, 86 (Utah Ct.App.1987). On…
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