State of Arizona v. Anthony Lito Hernandez

JUSTICE LOPEZ, opinion of the Court:

¶1 We consider whether law enforcement officers violated a defendant's rights under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and article 2, section 8 of the Arizona Constitution when they followed the defendant's vehicle onto a private driveway to complete a traffic stop which began on a public road. We hold that the defendant's rights were not violated.

BACKGROUND

¶2 On the night of September 11, 2014, two Cochise County Sheriff's Deputies on patrol in Willcox began following a vehicle after observing it turn at several intersections in an…