State v. Bennett

The state appeals a trial court’s pretrial order suppressing physical evidence. The issue is whether the search of the passenger compartment and trunk of defendant’s car was lawful. We conclude that the search of the passenger compartment was lawful but that the search of the trunk was not. Therefore, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

About an hour before defendant’s arrest, a confidential, reliable informant told police that three men had about 10 pounds of marijuana in their car that they were trying to sell. He described the men and their car and said that he had seen the marijuana in…