State v. Carlton
Annotate this CaseA police officer stopped Defendant after observing him driving a vehicle with expired tags. The officer arrested Defendant after learning Defendant's driving privileges were revoked and then searched Defendant's vehicle, where the officer discovered drugs and drug paraphernalia. The district court denied Defendant's first motion to suppress, but based on Arizona v. Gant, which was issued two months later, the court granted the motion. The court of appeals reversed, holding that while the search was unconstitutional under Gant, the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule applied. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that, based on the recently decided State v. Dennis and State v. Daniel, the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule applied in this case, and suppression was unnecessary.
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