State v. Fridleifson

OPINION

GREENWOOD, Judge:

¶ 1 Defendant challenges his conviction for possession of a controlled substance, a third degree felony, in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 58 — 37—8(2)(a)(i) (Supp.2002). Specifically, Defendant claims that the police lacked reasonable articulable suspicion to detain him. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 Because determining the reasonableness of police conduct is fact sensitive, we describe the facts leading to the seizure of evidence in this case in detail. See State v. Potter, 863 P.2d 40, 40 (Utah Ct.App.1993).

¶ 3 For over a year Officers Larson and Washington and other Salt…