State v. Juarez

OPINION

HALL, Judge.

¶ 1 After concluding that defendants Jose Alberto Aldana-Juarez 1 and Felipe Jesus Gomes-Pena had “automatic standing” under the Arizona Constitution to contest the admissibility of cocaine seized as a result of the search of a commercial vehicle and trailer, the trial court granted defendants’ motions to suppress because it found that the search exceeded the scope of the consent given and was conducted without probable cause. The state appeals only from the trial court’s ruling that each defendant was entitled to contest the constitutionality of the search and seizure…