State v. Turner

hWe granted the State’s writ application in this criminal matter to review whether the Trial Court abused its discretion in granting the defendant’s motion to suppress. After reviewing the transcript from the suppression hearing, we conclude the Trial Court abused its discretion. For the following reasons, we reverse and vacate the ruling of the lower courts and hereby deny the defendant’s motion to suppress.

In this case, the Trial Court granted the defendant’s motion to suppress, reasoning the force and duration of an investigatory Terry stop transformed the stop into a de facto arrest for…