State v. Harmon

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

This appeal by the State of Arkansas presents this court with the issue of whether State v. Sullivan, 348 Ark. 647, 74 S.W.3d 215 (2002), applies to a traffic stop made for the ulterior motive of searching the defendant’s vehicle and the defendant himself for drugs. We agree with the State that the circuit court erred in suppressing the drugs taken from appellee Michael Harmon, and we reverse the order of the circuit court and remand for further proceedings.

The facts are taken from the testimony presented at the suppression hearing. On the afternoon of August 28,…