State v. Alexander

Miller, Judge.

Evidence of guilt which the defendant, directly or indirectly, is compelled to disclose by an unlawful search of his person under an illegal arrest is not admissible in a criminal prosecution. Based upon conflicting evidence, the trial court here concluded that a traffic stop and pants-down cavity search of Michael Alexander was, “[g]iven the totality of the circumstances, ... a pretextual stop and unreasonable and an illegal search.” As a result, the trial court granted Alexander’s motion to suppress a pill bottle filled with crack cocaine retrieved from Alexander’s rectum…