State v. Scott

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

Appellant-plaintiff State of Indiana (State) appeals the trial court’s grant of appellee-defendant Mershaun W. Scott’s motion to suppress. The State argues that the police officer at the scene had the requisite reasonable suspicion to approach Scott and later arrest him after smelling burnt marijuana in the vehicle. As a result, the State maintains that none of the police officer’s actions violated Scott’s rights under either the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution (Fourth Amendment) or Article 1, Section 11 of the Indiana Constitution.

We concur with the…