State v. Armenta

Petitioners Huberto Armenia and David Cruz obtained review of a decision of the Court of Appeals that reversed the superior court’s dismissal of informations charging each of them with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. The issues before us are whether, under the facts found by the trial court at a suppression hearing, petitioners were detained in violation of their Fourth Amendment rights and, if so, whether that illegal detention vitiated the consent they gave to search their vehicle. We conclude that because petitioners’ conduct did not present a reasonable and…