Cuaresma v. State

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

We granted interlocutory review in this case to determine whether the trial court correctly denied the defendants’ motion to suppress. Mark Cuaresma and Justin Crumbley were indicted after drug and weapon evidence was discovered during a search following a routine traffic stop. The trial court denied Cuaresma and Crumb-ley’s motion to suppress the evidence, concluding that the search was conducted pursuant to voluntary consent. Cuaresma and Crumbley appeal. We reverse because Cuaresma and Crumbley’s consent to the search was coerced.

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