State v. Guzy

The state appeals an order suppressing evidence and dismissing an armed robbery complaint against Michael J. Guzy. The trial court found unconstitutional an investigatory stop of the truck in which Guzy was a passenger. In addition, the trial court suppressed evidence it found tainted by the illegal stop, including a revolver and a $100 bill found during a consent search of the truck; an incriminatory statement Guzy made to a cellmate; statements by Kenneth Hunt, an accomplice and the truck’s driver, that implicated Guzy; and an in-court identification of Guzy by a robbery victim. We agree…