State v. Pena

ZIMMERMAN, Chief Justice:

Jose Carlos Pena appeals the trial court’s denial of several motions to suppress evidence prior to his guilty plea for attempted unlawful possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor. Utah Code Ann. § 58 — 37—8(2)(a)(i), (7). Pena raises four claims of error regarding the trial court’s evidentiary rulings: (i) The initial stop by police was not supported by reasonable suspicion; (ii) Pena did not voluntarily waive his Miranda rights; (iii) the misdemeanor arrest was a pretext for the strip search; and (iv) the strip search that produced the critical…