People v. Jenkins

This case requires us to consider when defendant’s consensual encounter with a police officer was transformed into an investigatory stop, which gives rise to Fourth Amendment protections and must be supported by reasonable suspicion. Defendant argues that the officer seized him without reasonable suspicion to do so. The trial court agreed, granting defendant’s *28motion to suppress the incriminating evidence later found by the officer and dismissing the pending charges. The Court of Appeals affirmed.

We conclude that defendant was not “seized” within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment until…