State v. Eastman

A Washington County deputy sheriff stopped defendant based on the deputy’s suspicion that defendant had thrown a lit cigarette out of the window of the pickup that defendant was driving. Defendant moved to suppress the evidence that the state had obtained as a result of the stop, contending, among other things, that the facts known to the deputy were insufficient to create a reasonable suspicion that defendant had thrown a lit cigarette from his pickup. The trial court granted the suppression motion, and the majority affirms that ruling. Because I believe that the facts establish that the…