STATE v. MENDOZA

No. 20922.

748 P.2d 181 (1987)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Adolfo Diaz MENDOZA, Defendant and Respondent. STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Alberto Ruiz MENDIETA, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Utah.

December 1, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Wilkinson, David B. Thompson, Salt Lake City, Peter L. Rognlie, St. George, for plaintiff and appellant.

J. MacArthur Wright, John Miles, St. George, for defendant and respondent Mendoza.

John E. Meyers, Los Angeles, California, for defendant and respondent Mendieta.


DURHAM, Justice:

The State brought this appeal to challenge the trial court's suppression of evidence obtained during a search of the car in which defendants were traveling. The State assigns as error the trial court's use of a probable cause standard to determine the validity of the stop, the trial court's finding that defendants had standing to challenge the validity of the search, and the trial court's failure to make...

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