STATE v. HUMMONS

No. CR-10-0309-PR.

253 P.3d 275 (2011)

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Michael Quincy HUMMONS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

June 10, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Horne , Arizona Attorney General By Kent E. Cattani , Chief Counsel, Criminal Appeals/Capital Litigation Section, Phoenix, Laura P. Chiasson , Assistant Attorney General, Tucson, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

Robert J. Hirsh , Pima County Public Defender By Lisa M. Hise , Assistant Public Defender, Tucson, Attorneys for Michael Quincy Hummons.


OPINION

BRUTINEL, Justice.

¶ 1 Michael Hummons was convicted of possessing a narcotic drug and drug paraphernalia. The court of appeals affirmed, holding that the trial court did not err in denying a motion to suppress evidence found during a search incident to arrest. Assuming Hummons had been illegally detained, the court of appeals found that the arresting officer's search was incident to an arrest on an outstanding warrant and, therefore, sufficiently...

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