Case Title: Mullinax v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: CR96-571

State: arkansas

Court: Arkansas Supreme Court

Date: 1997-01-21T00:00:00Z

Document:
Bobby Joe MULLINAX v. STATE of Arkansas

CR 96-571                                          ___ S.W.2d ___

                    Supreme Court of Arkansas
               Opinion delivered January 21, 1997


1.   Appeal & error -- petition for review following decision by
     court of appeals -- case reviewed as if originally filed in
     supreme court. -- When the supreme court grants a petition for
     review following a decision by the court of appeals, it
     reviews the case as though the appeal had originally been
     filed with it. 

2.   Motions -- motion to suppress denied at trial -- factors on
     review. -- Upon review of a trial court's denial of a motion
     to suppress, the appellate court makes an independent
     determination based upon the totality of the circumstances;
     the evidence is viewed in the light most favorable to the
     appellee, and the trial court's ruling is reversed only if it
     is clearly erroneous or against the preponderance of the
     evidence.  

3.   Search & seizure -- vehicle stops -- when seizure occurs --
     when considered reasonable and permissible. -- A Fourth
     Amendment seizure occurs when a vehicle is stopped at a
     roadblock or checkpoint; the question, under Michigan Dep't of
     State Police v. Sitz,