Padron v. State

Blackburn, Chief Judge.

By interlocutory appeal, Beatriz Padrón and Orestes Cabrera challenge the trial court’s denial of their separate motions to suppress certain evidence found in their luggage during a search of the trunk of their vehicle. After review, we find that the trial court misapplied controlling law, and we reverse.

When reviewing a trial court’s decision on a motion to suppress, we must adopt the trial court’s findings of fact unless those findings are clearly erroneous and not supported by any evidence. State v. David. However, when conducting such review, we owe no deference to…