Legal Opinion
State v. Childress
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided July 28, 2009No. 1 CA-CR 07-0967PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KESSLER, Judge.
¶ 1 Cody Childress appeals his conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol. Childress asks this Court to find the superior court abused its discretion in denying his motion to suppress evidence obtained from what he asserts was an illegal seizure. While we agree with Childress that the superior court erred in finding the encounter was consensual, we conclude the stop was reasonable and lawful. We therefore affirm the court’s denial of Childress’s motion to suppress and his conviction and sentence.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY 1
¶ 2 Childress was driving a…
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