Meraz-Lopez v. State

Karen R. Baker, Judge.

Appellant, Manuel Meraz-Lopez, appeals a jury verdict convicting him of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia and sentencing him to a total of240 months’ imprisonment. His sole challenge to this conviction is that the trial court erred by denying his motion to suppress evidence seized from the trunk of his car at the scene of a traffic stop. We agree.

At 10:04 p.m. on January 30, 2004, Arkansas State Trooper Jason Aaron activated his lights to pull over a 2004 Crown Victoria that was following the vehicle in front of it too…