Legal Opinion
State v. Sykes
Court of Appeals of Utah
Decided October 19, 1992No. 910554-CAPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GREENWOOD, Judge:
Defendant Lisa Sykes appeals her conviction for possession of a controlled substance, a third degree felony, in violation of Utah Code Annotated section 58-37-8(2)(a)(i) (Supp.1991), claiming that the trial court erred in denying her motion to suppress. We reverse.
FACTS
On appeal we state the facts involving the seizure of evidence in detail because *826the issue presented is fact sensitive. State v. Marshall, 791 P.2d 880, 882 (Utah App.), cert. denied, 800 P.2d 1105 (Utah 1990).
On the night of November 17, 1990, Deputy Keith Stephens of the Salt Lake County Sheriffs…
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