State v. Quintana

UDALL, Vice Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by Juan Quintana from a conviction of the crime of illegal possession of narcotic drugs.

The facts pertaining to this appeal are as follows: On July 30, 1961, at approximately 5:00 a. m., the automobile which appellant was driving was stopped by two Phoenix city patrolmen, and appellant was cited for driving the automobile at a speed of forty miles an hour in a “thirty mile an hour” zone. The problem raised by this appeal resulted not from the traffic violation but from events which developed during the brief detention of the violator. As arresting…