State v. Cooke

*35BECTON, Judge.

The State’s only assignment of error is that the trial judge erred in suppressing the evidence found in defendant’s suitcase. The State argues that probable cause and exigent circumstances existed for the law enforcement officers1 to search Cooke’s suitcase without a warrant. In addition, the State contends that defendant Cooke had no legitimate expectation of privacy in the suitcase because of his denial of ownership; and that Cooke, therefore, lacked standing to challenge the legality of the search.

The scope of our review is to determine whether the trial judge’s findings of…