Beijer v. ADAMS EX REL. COUNTY OF COCONINO

OPINION

KLEINSCHMIDT, Judge.

¶ 1 The Defendant, Reginald Beijer, was stopped on an interstate highway for a traffic infraction, and a consensual search of his car revealed drugs in a hidden compartment in the trunk. During his trial for transportation of narcotic drags for sale, evidence was admitted that the Defendant’s conduct fit the pattern of a drag courier. The trial court granted the Defendant’s request for a mistrial because the admission of such evidence is improper under State v. Lee, 191 Ariz. 542, 959 P.2d 799 (1998). After the mistrial was granted, the Defendant moved to bar…