State v. Mejia

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for unlawful delivery of marijuana for consideration and unlawful possession of marijuana. He assigns error to the denial of his motion to suppress evidence that the police discovered following a traffic stop. Among other contentions, he argues that the trial court should have suppressed evidence that was the product of a warrantless search of his person, because the state failed to prove any exception to the warrant requirement. The state, in response, does not offer any justification for the warrantless search; rather, the state argues that…