State v. MacHlah

MILLER, Judge.

The State appeals the trial court's suppression of marijuana found in a suitcase in the trunk of a taxicab in which defendant appellants Bachir Machlah and Massoud Kharrazian were passengers. The State argues the trial court erred in suppressing this evidence, relating to charges of dealing in marijuana, a class C felony, because neither defendant has a legitimate expectation of privacy in the suitcase and therefore cannot challenge its warrantless search and seizure.

We affirm the court's ruling with respect to defendant Machlah who was in exclusive actual possession of the…