Legal Opinion

State v. Maldonado

Court of Appeals of Arizona

Decided May 31, 1990No. 2 CA-CR 89-0609PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LIVERMORE, Presiding Judge.

The state appeals from the trial court’s granting of appellee’s motion to suppress 105 pounds of marijuana. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.

Appellee Rafael Vasquez Maldonado was charged by indictment with knowingly transporting marijuana having a weight of eight pounds or more, a class 2 felony. He moved to suppress the marijuana seized on the ground that the stopping of his vehicle was unlawful under Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968) and its progeny. The trial court granted the motion and, following dismissal of the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. United States v. SokolowSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. United States v. Brignoni-PonceSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. Davis v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1969

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. Gonzalez-GutierrezArizona Supreme Court · 1996
  2. State v. SweeneyCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2010
  3. State v. RichcreekArizona Supreme Court · 1997
  4. State v. VaughnCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2008
  5. State v. BurneyCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2019

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