State v. Valenzuela

OPINION

ESPINOSA, Presiding Judge.

The state has appealed from the trial court’s order granting appellee Susanna Lucille Valenzuela’s motion to suppress evidence seized following what it concluded was an illegal arrest. Although we generally review decisions granting or denying a motion to suppress for abuse of discretion, State v. Carter, 145 Ariz. 101, 700 P.2d 488 (1985), because this case involves only a question of law, our review is de novo. State v. Garcia, 162 Ariz. 471, 784 P.2d 297 (App.1989).

The motion was submitted to the court on the following stipulated facts. Tucson Police…