State v. Gradillas, 2
Court | Court of Appeals of Arizona |
Writing for the Court | HOWARD |
Citation | 25 Ariz.App. 510,544 P.2d 1111 |
Parties | The STATE of Arizona, Appellant, v. Sergio Flores GRADILLAS, Appellee. 723. |
Docket Number | No. 2,CA-CR,2 |
Decision Date | 26 January 1976 |
Page 1111
v.
Sergio Flores GRADILLAS, Appellee.
Rehearing Denied March 4, 1976.
Review Denied March 30, 1976.
[25 Ariz.App. 511]
Page 1112
E. Leigh Larson, Santa Cruz County Atty. by Richard N. Groves, Deputy County Atty., Nogales, for appellant.Solsberry & McDonald by Kerry A. McDonald, Nogales, for appellee.
HOWARD, Chief Judge.
On April 9, 1975, Officer Charles Knapp, a patrolman with the Arizona Highway Patrol, was on duty on Interstate Highway I--19 working radar at mile post 9 when he observed a Ford stationwagon driven by appellee suddenly drop its speed from 54 m.p.h. to 44 m.p.h. As he watched the vehicle go by, the officer observed that it had no license plate affixed to the rear. He did, however, observe that the vehicle had a temporary registration sticker but observed no expiration date. He pursued the vehicle. When it stopped, he walked up to the driver (appellee) and asked him for his driver's license and registration. Appellee produced the driver's license but was unable to produce any certificate of registration. When the officer asked him who owned the car, appellee started to stutter and responded that it belonged to one Edward Carrillo.
Since the officer detected the odor of an intoxicant upon appellee's breath, he asked him to step out of the car and turn the engine off. Appellee stated that he could not start the engine again if he turned it off. The officer then asked him to leave the engine running and step to the back of the vehicle. Once appellee was out of the vehicle, the officer observed that he was not intoxicated. The officer then went to the back of the vehicle and observed that the sticker did in fact have an expiration date of April 2, 1975 apparently having been written by a ballpoint pen. Upon closer examination of the sticker, the officer saw that the registered owner on the sticker was a Luis Medina. The officer again asked appellee who the owner was and again appellee stated that the owner was Edward Carrillo. Since appellee was unable to turn the engine off, the officer became suspicious that the vehicle might be stolen. He therefore returned to his car and radioed for a report on the vehicle. While waiting for the information, he walked back to the vehicle to see if it was 'hot wired'. He looked inside through the car window to see what kind of key was...
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