STATE v. REYNA

No. 1 CA-CR 02-0592.

71 P.3d 366 (2003)

205 Ariz. 374

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Francisco Javier REYNA, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department C.

June 26, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry Goddard, Attorney General, by Randall M. Howe, Chief Counsel, Criminal Appeals Section and Robert A. Walsh, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Attorneys for Appellee.

Silva Law Firm, P.C., by Scott C. Silva, Tempe, Attorneys for Appellant.


OPINION

TIMMER, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 Under the "automobile exception" to the Fourth Amendment warrant requirement, law enforcement officers can search a vehicle lawfully in their custody if probable cause exists to believe that the vehicle contains contraband, even in the absence of exigent circumstances. United States v. Johns, 469 U.S. 478, 484, 105 S.Ct. 881, 83 L.Ed.2d 890 (1985). In this appeal, which challenges...

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