State v. Spagnola
Annotate this CaseDefendant was charged with possession of methamphetamine and failure to stop at a stop sign. Defendant filed a motion to suppress evidence seized from his person and all statements he made after the evidence was seized, arguing that evidence was derived from an unlawful search of his pockets following a traffic stop. The district court denied the motion, and a judge found Defendant guilty of both counts. The court of appeals found Defendant had failed to preserve the suppression issue for appellate review, and even if the issue had been preserved, there was ample basis for denying the motion to suppress. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that the search was not consensual under the circumstances and violated the Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches.
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