Legal Opinion
Trejo v. State
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided June 8, 2010No. 2008-KA-02133-COAPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, J., for the Court:
¶ 1. David Trejo appeals his conviction of possession of cocaine with intent to sell and sentence of sixty years as a habitual offender in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). As there was no probable cause or reasonable *704suspicion to justify the initial traffic stop, we find that Trejo’s motion to suppress the evidence of the cocaine was erroneously denied by the circuit court. Accordingly, we reverse and render a judgment of acquittal.
SUMMARY OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
¶ 2. At approximately 1:00 a.m. on January 21, 2005, Trejo and his…
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