State v. Selvidge

— Martin Selvidge and Eric Greer appeal the denial of their motions to suppress evidence and their subsequent convictions of second degree burglary. Their appeal raises two issues: whether a police officer had a sufficient basis for undertaking a brief investigative inquiry into defendants' activities; and whether the officer's subsequent observation of the soles of defendants' shoes constituted a search subject to Fourth Amendment protections. We hold that the officer's conduct in initiating his inquiry was reasonable under the circumstances and that, because defendants had no reasonable…