Legal Opinion
Bell v. State
Court of Appeals of Arkansas
Decided December 15, 1999No. CA CR 99-217PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wendell L. Griffen, Judge.
Before [an officer] places a hand on the person of a citizen in search of anything, he must have constitutionally adequate reasonable grounds for doing so.1
Harold Bell, Jr., appeals from the decision of the Drew County Circuit Court finding him guilty of a Class A misdemeanor possession of marijuana, and sentencing him to one year in jail with a fine of $500.00. Appellant asserts for purposes of this appeal that the trial court erred when it denied his motion to suppress the 0.7 grams of marijuana found in his pocket. We reverse and remand.
On June 30, 1997, pursuant…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Minnesota v. DickersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Frette v. City of SpringdaleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998
- Stewart v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Newton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2001
- Reeves v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2002
- Hunter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2000
- Givens v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2002
- Givens v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2002