State v. McClanahan

OPINION

DWYER, Judge.

The State appeals from the trial court’s grant of the appellee’s motion to suppress the unlawful seizure of evidence by the police.

In the evening hours of January 4, 1989, members of a police task force were on duty in a high-risk crime area of Knoxville. In the course of their surveillance, they noticed appellee and his wife driving slowly in and out of parking areas. The appellee was seen stopping and peering inside various late model vehicles. That conduct, of course, caused the police to conclude appel-lee was preparing to steal a vehicle. Anxious about waiting until…