State v. Werner

OPINION

FAY, Chief Justice.

This case comes before us on appeal by the state from a trial justice’s decision granting the defendant’s pretrial motion to suppress certain physical evidence seized from an automobile without a warrant. The state alleges that the trial justice committed error (1) by determining that the warrantless search of the automobile mandated a suppression of evidence and (2) by determining that the defendant had established sufficient standing to contest the search of the automobile. For the reasons stated herein, we reverse the trial justice’s decision regarding the…