State v. Scott

Defendant appeals his convictions on two counts of robbery in the first degree. He assigns as error the denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized following the unlawful stop of a van in which he was a passenger, and the court’s failure to merge the two robbery counts for both sentencing and conviction purposes. Because we agree with defendant’s first contention, we reverse and need not consider the second.

The robbery consisted of taking, at gunpoint, drugs and money from a pharmacy. The police dispatch concerning the incident gave a description of the two suspects and reported that…