STATE v. TOPANOTES

No. 20010127.

76 P.3d 1159 (2003)

2003 UT 30

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff, Respondent, and Cross-Petitioner, v. Pearl TOPANOTES, Defendant, Petitioner, and Cross-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Utah.

August 22, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Shurtleff, Att'y Gen., Marian Decker, Asst. Att'y Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

Linda M. Jones, Ralph W. Dellapiana, Salt Lake City, for defendant.


WILKINS, Justice.

¶ 1 Pearl Topanotes ("Topanotes"), petitioner, seeks certiorari review of a court of appeals' decision wherein the trial court's denial of her motion to suppress evidence obtained after an unlawful detention was reversed and the case remanded for further proceedings. The remand order allowed new evidence on the issue of inevitable discovery, which was raised by the State as an alternative ground for affirmance for the first time on appeal. The...

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