State v. Lamar

OPINION

STATON, Judge.

The State of Indiana brings this appeal pursuant to Indiana Code § 35-38-4-2(5) (1993) contesting the trial court’s grant of Jimmie R. Lamar’s motion to suppress illegally seized evidence. The State raises the sole issue of whether the trial court erred in granting the motion to suppress.

We reverse and remand.

On June 14, 1995, Detective Kimberly Travis was working undercover posing as a prostitute. Lamar drove alongside Detective Travis and asked her “How much?” Detective Travis held up two fingers to indicate *542twenty dollars. Upon approaching Lamar’s automobile, Detective…