State v. Rizzo

BOARDMAN, Judge.

The state appeals the trial court’s order granting appellee’s motion to suppress evidence. The order was predicated on a finding that the initial stop of appellee’s vehicle was unjustified.

The only witness who testified at the hearing, Officer Hauck, testified that he was sent to the Coats’ residence on Shore Drive to investigate a burglary that had taken place a few days earlier. The victims told Hauck that on their way home that evening they had seen the same car leaving their neighborhood that they had observed the night of the burglary. They described the vehicle as a…