State v. Caraveo

OPINION

BARKER, Judge.

¶ 1 The State of Arizona appeals from the trial court’s order granting Arturo Vega Ca-raveo’s motion to suppress evidence that police officers obtained after conducting a pat-down of his person. The State contends that the trial court erred by concluding that State v. Johnson, 217 Ariz. 58, 170 P.3d 667 (App. 2007), prohibits a citizen from consenting to a patdown search during a consensual encounter with police officers. For the following reasons, we agree, and, accordingly, reverse the trial court’s ruling and remand this matter to the trial court for additional…