People v. Renfrow

Renfrow, the defendant, was charged with burglary and theft. He filed two pretrial motions to suppress. One was to suppress evidence seized as the result of an allegedly illegal search and seizure, and the second was to suppress in-court identification of the defendant tainted by an allegedly suggestive pretrial identification. The trial judge denied the motion for suppression of evidence and delayed his ruling on the motion to suppress identification.

The defendant argues (1) that a motion to suppress a lineup identification is an appropriate pretrial motion and must be decided before the…