Hinojosa v. State

ELANA CUNNINGHAM WILLS, Justice.

_JjThis court granted the State’s petition for review of the decision in Hinojosa v. State, 103 Ark.App. 312, 288 S.W.3d 718 (2008), in which the court of appeals reversed and remanded appellant Hinojosa’s conviction for possession of marijuana with intent to deliver. At issue is whether the circuit court erred by denying Hinojosa’s motion to suppress statements and evidence obtained following a traffic stop. Hinojosa argues that the initial stop was unlawful, and, therefore, his statements and the evidence obtained after the stop were inadmissable under the…