State v. Chapman

ON CERTIORARI TO THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS

DURHAM, Justice:

This case is before the court on a petition for a writ of certiorari. Defendant Quetzal-cohual Chapman was arrested after violating a Salt Lake County loitering ordinance. He was subsequently charged with one count of burglary and two counts of theft, all second degree felonies. The Third District Court denied his pretrial motion to suppress evidence gathered at the time of his arrest. He filed an interlocutory appeal, and the court of appeals affirmed. State v. Chapman, 841 P.2d 725, 729 (Utah Ct.App.1992). We granted Chapman’s…