Legal Opinion
State v. Brake
Utah Supreme Court
Decided November 12, 2004No. 20020594PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON CERTIORARI TO THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS
NEHRING, Justice:
INTRODUCTION
T1 In this case, we consider the issue of whether a law enforcement officer conducted a constitutional warrantless search of an automobile. The search resulted in the discovery of cocaine and the conditional entry of a guilty plea by Angela Brake to attempted possession of a controlled substance. The trial court denied Ms. Brake's motion to suppress, challenging the lawfulness of the search. The court of appeals affirmed. We reverse.
BACKGROUND
T 2 The legal analysis of search and seizure cases is highly fact dependent.…
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