M.M. v. State

M.M. appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence. Because the State failed to prove that the officers had a reasonable suspicion that M.M. had engaged in criminal activity before they conducted an investigatory detention, we reverse.

*1201Officers Brown and Hall testified that while on routine patrol they were flagged down by an anonymous couple who reported a large group of approximately twenty black males vandalizing a vehicle. Shortly thereafter, the officers stopped M.M. and his three companions in the vicinity based upon what Officer Brown conceded was a “vague”…