State v. Beach

OPINION

BENCH, Judge.

¶ 1 Defendant appeals his conviction of possession of a controlled substance, arguing that the officers did not possess a reasonable articulable suspicion sufficient to justify his detention. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 On September 8, 2001, Officer Leavitt and two other officers from the Salt Lake City Police Department assigned to the narcotics interdiction unit were driving in an unmarked police car on a street in a neighborhood with a known drug house. Officer Leavitt, who was driving, noticed a car facing the opposite direction, which had no visible license plates and was…