State v. Holmes

BENCH, Judge:

Defendant appeals her conviction for attempted unlawful possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor, in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 58-37-8 (Supp.1988). Defendant argues on appeal that the evidence against her should have been suppressed on two grounds. First, she claims that the police lacked reasonable suspicion to stop the vehicle in which she was a passenger. Second, she argues that even if the motor vehicle stop was valid, the officers unconstitutionally seized evidence that was subsequently used against her. Although we conclude that the police had…