State v. Lopez

SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

The State appeals from an order in a prosecution for cocaine trafficking and conspiracy which suppressed self-incriminating statements obtained after a Terry stop the lower court found was unsupported by founded suspicion of the defendant’s involvement in criminal activity. We reverse.

I

The case stems from an undercover drug arrest. On June 12, 2008, undercover detective Valdez had arranged to purchase two kilograms of powder cocaine from Marcos Lopez. The officer had previously purchased drugs from him on several occasions, in all of which he had been assisted by…