Legal Opinion
State v. Dorsey
Utah Supreme Court
Decided December 31, 1986No. 20124PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEWART, Associate Chief Justice:
Defendant Joseph P. Dorsey appeals his conviction of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute for value in violation of U.C.A., 1953, § 58-37-8. On appeal, he argues that the trial court erred in not excluding from evidence cocaine found during a warrantless search of his truck. We affirm.
Late on March 6 or early on March 7, 1983, Detective Russell Adair of the Metro Narcotics Strike Force made a warrantless search of Dorsey’s truck and found one pound of cocaine packaged in sixteen one-ounce packages. The events leading up to that search were as…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by61 opinions
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