Trejo v. State

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

LAMAR, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. In this certiorari case, the Court of Appeals reversed David Trejo’s conviction and sentence for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, finding the State had violated David Trejo’s Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable seizure. The Court of Appeals held that the arresting officer lacked probable cause or reasonable suspicion to make *686the traffic stop1 that led to the discovery of cocaine; thus, the trial court should have suppressed the cocaine as fruit of the poisonous tree. While we agree that the officer…