State v. Watts

Deen, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by the state from the grant of a motion to suppress evidence. The defendant, driving his car down the road, was stopped by police officers who searched the vehicle and discovered two pounds of marijuana in the car trunk, which they forced open with a jack. The questions before us are probable cause in stopping the car and arresting the driver, and probable cause in searching the vehicle without a warrant.

1. Watts’ home had been searched in his absence about a week prior to this incident by virtue of a search warrant and a small quantity of marijuana had…