State v. IBARRA-CISNEROS

¶1 Petitioner Gilberto Ibarra-Cisneros and his brother, Adrian Ibarra-Raya, were separately prosecuted on drug charges in November 2006. Both moved unsuccessfully to suppress evidence discovered as a result of the warrantless search of Ibarra-Raya’s home. In particular, Ibarra-Cisneros argued to suppress the evidence against him as the fruit of the unlawful use of Ibarra-Raya’s *882cell phone, which was seized during the search. The Court of Appeals determined that the search of Ibarra-Raya’s home was unlawful, but that “any connection between Mr. Ibarra-Raya’s cell phone and the bindle found at…