State v. Harmon

OPINION

RILEY, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Appellant-Plaintiff, the State of Indiana (the State), appeals from the trial court's grant of Appellee-Defendant's, Gerry Harmon (Harmon), Motion to Suppress.

We reverse.

ISSUE

The State raises one issue on appeal, which we restate as: Whether the trial court erred in granting Harmon's Motion to Suppress evidence seized from a search of Harmon's home where the basis of the search warrant for his home was evidence seized by an officer's prior, warrantless searches of Harmon's trash.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Indiana State Police Trooper Robert Burgess…