State v. Toledo

BRYANT, Judge.

The State appeals from an order granting defendant’s motion to suppress the contents of a spare tire taken from under defendant’s vehicle without a search warrant. For the reasons stated herein, we reverse and remand.

Defendant Yovanis Toledo was indicted on charges of trafficking in marijuana by possession and trafficking in marijuana by transportation. Defendant filed a pretrial motion to suppress evidence obtained as a result of a warrantless search of defendant’s vehicle, arguing that it was a violation, of defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights as stated in the United States…