State v. Fortier

OPINION

KRUCKER, Judge.

This is an appeal by the State of Arizona from an order granting a motion to suppress. After reviewing the record and reading the briefs and citations carefully, we affirm.

At about 6:45 a.m. on January 16, 1975, when traffic was very light and there was little to do, the arresting officer decided to make a registration check on an automobile that had just passed him. At trial, when asked what called his attention to the automobile, the officer replied, “Okay, at 6:45 in the morning it is fairly — there is very little traffic out there; not having much to do, I just ran a…