Downs v. State

MOORE, Justice:

Phillip W. Downs (“Downs”) appeals his convictions on charges of trafficking in cocaine and resisting arrest. The trial judge denied Downs’ motion to suppress evidence that allegedly was obtained as a result of an unlawful arrest or detention. On appeal Downs contends that his initial detention was so coercive as to constitute an arrest which was not supported by probable cause, or alternatively, that an informant’s anonymous tip which led the police to him did not establish a reasonable suspicion sufficient to justify an investigatory detention. We reject all of these…