State v. Rogers

OPINION

MOELLER, Justice.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

In this narcotics case, the trial court granted defendant’s motion to suppress because it found an investigatory stop violated the Fourth Amendment. Two police officers had stopped defendant because he emerged at night from behind some large bushes in a darkened residential area, walked down the middle of the road, and stared at two other police officers as they conducted a traffic stop. The court of appeals reversed in a memorandum decision. We granted defendant’s petition for review and have jurisdiction pursuant to article VI, section 5(3) of…