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STATE v. MUNOZ

Nos. 2 CA-CR 93-0488 to 2 CA-CR 93-0502.

182 Ariz. 528 (1994)

898 P.2d 477

The STATE of Arizona, Appellant, v. Joseph MUNOZ, Maria Leon, Hilda Palma, Esequiel Zepeda-Morales, Adriana Vargas, Arsenio Lopez, Lorenzo Miranda, Yvonne Cota, Jesus Robles, Lorena Perez-Canedo, Augustine Rivera, Sergio Velderrain, Jose Contreras, Ramon Montijo, Jose Moreno, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 2, Department A.

Reconsideration Denied October 24, 1994.

Review Denied June 29, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Neely, Pima County Atty. by Christina M. Cabanillas, Tucson, for appellant.

Susan A. Kettlewell, Pima County Public Defender by Yvonne J. Ayers, Tucson, for appellees.

OPINION

LIVERMORE, Presiding Judge.

Four patrolmen working in the southside precinct of Tucson noticed that many of the people they stopped for traffic violations had white powder around their noses. Believing this to be evidence of cocaine use, they seized it by using fingerprint tape to remove it. For almost a year this technique was used only by these officers with the approval of their superiors. Because...

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