STATE v. GILSTRAP

No. CR-13-0379-PR.

332 P.3d 43 (2014)

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Alicia Leah GILSTRAP, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

August 20, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Horne , Arizona Attorney General, Robert L. Ellman , Solicitor General, Joseph T. Maziarz , Section Chief Counsel, Criminal Appeals Section, Alice Jones (argued), Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, for State of Arizona.

Barbara Cook-Hamp , Legal Advocate Attorney, Jill L. Evans (argued), Deputy Legal Advocate Attorney, Kingman, for Alicia Leah Gilstrap.

JUSTICE BRUTINEL authored the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice BALES, Vice Chief Justice PELANDER, Justice BERCH, and Justice TIMMER joined.


Justice BRUTINEL, opinion of the Court:

¶ 1 We are asked to decide whether a warrant authorizing the search of a home also authorizes police to search a purse found there but belonging to a person not named in the warrant. Under the facts of this case, we conclude that it does.

I. BACKGROUND

¶ 2 Police obtained a warrant to search a Kingman residence for drugs and drug paraphernalia. The warrant also identified two individuals believed...

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