State of Arizona v. Christopher Cruz Cuevas

OPINION

BRAMMER, Judge.

¶ 1 The state appeals from the trial court’s grant of appellee Christopher Cuevas’s motion to suppress evidence that police had discovered following the traffic stop of a vehicle in which Cuevas was a passenger. The state argues the trial court erred in determining the police officer “could not have legitimately ‘suspected’ ” the driver had committed a traffic violation. We reverse.

Factual and Procedural Background

¶ 2 On appeal from a grant of a motion to suppress, we view the facts in the light most favorable to upholding the trial court’s ruling. State v. Livingston,…