STATE v. EVANS

No. CR-14-0285-PR.

349 P.3d 205 (2015)

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Dale Lee EVANS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

June 4, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Brnovich , Arizona Attorney General, John R. Lopez IV , Solicitor General, Joseph T. Maziarz (argued) , Chief Counsel, Criminal Appeals Section, Phoenix, Amy Pignatella Cain , Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Section, Tucson, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

Joel A. Larson (argued) , Legal Defender, Cochise County, Bisbee, Attorney for Dale Lee Evans.

David J. Euchner , Tucson, Attorney for Amicus Curiae Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice.

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


¶ 1 The Fourth Amendment guarantees "[t]he right of the people to be secure ... against unreasonable searches and seizures." U.S. Const. amend. IV. An officer's investigatory stop of a vehicle is a seizure and therefore must be based on reasonable suspicion. United States v. Cortez,

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