State v. Gowans

CAMERON, Vice Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by the State from an order of the Superior Court of Pima County granting defendant Gowans’ motion to suppress evidence discovered in the trunk of his car during an inventory search of his automobile. The Court of Appeals, Division Two, reversed, 18 Ariz. App. 110, 500 P.2d 641 (1972), and we granted Gowans’ petition for review because of the Court of Appeals’ reliance upon the “plain view” doctrine followed by the California Supreme Court in Mozzetti v. Superior Court, 4 Cal.3d 699, 94 Cal. Rptr. 412, 484 P.2d 84 (1971).

The sole issue before this…