State v. Huddleston

The question presented in this appeal is the lawfulness of actions of a police officer in stopping a pickup truck driven by the defendant, and subsequently seizing certain evidence observed therein. Defendant was thereafter tried and convicted on charges of burglary in a dwelling and concealing stolen property.

Prior to trial defendant moved to suppress the evidence claiming violation of defendant’s rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Hnited States Constitution. Following an evidentiary hearing the circuit judge, in a memorandum opinion, concluded that the stopping of the…