Cash v. State

ROBERTSON, Judge.

Bradley Cash appeals his conviction of possession of marijuana, a class A misdemeanor. Cash argues that the trial court erroneously denied his motion to suppress and overruled his objection to the introduction of evidence obtained from a search of his person incident to a stop for a traffic violation. Cash contends the seizure was merely a pretext to look for other evidence of criminal wrongdoing and violated the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. We agree with Cash that the officer who stopped Cash’s vehicle did not have an objectively…