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STATE v. GODINA-LUNA

No. 900567-CA.

826 P.2d 652 (1992)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Tereso GODINA-LUNA and Geronimo R. Orozco, Defendants and Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

January 30, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Paul Van Dam, Atty. Gen., David B. Thompson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and appellant.

Solomon J. Chacon, Salt Lake City, for defendants and appellees.

Before BILLINGS, GARFF and RUSSON, JJ.

OPINION

GARFF, Judge:

The State of Utah appeals an order granting defendants' motion to suppress evidence seized from their vehicle after a deputy sheriff stopped them for a traffic violation. The trial court held the initial stop was valid, but the detention and search of the vehicle exceeded the scope of the stop and was therefore illegal. We affirm.

FACTS

The constitutionality of a police officer's detention and search of an individual...

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