State v. Cook

OPINION

MAY, Judge.

The State appeals the grant of Thomas A. Cook’s motion to suppress evidence obtained from his trash. The police seized Cook’s trash because his name was on a list of customers who had purchased products from Worm’s Way, a garden supply company. The presence of Cook’s name on that customer list did not give police “articulable individualized grounds,” State v. Litchfield, 849 N.E.2d 170, 173 (Ind.Ct.App.2006) (“Litchfield II”), for suspecting Cook of illegal activity. We accordingly affirm the grant of Cook’s motion to suppress.1

FACTS

In recent years the federal Drug…