Jones (Hollis) v. State

Four issues are presented for review:

1. Was the stopping of the Bacon vehicle and the accompanying “frisks” of the occupants an act of officials’ illegality, the fruits of which must be suppressed?

2. Was the arrest of defendant illegal as without probable cause, such that fruits of the arrest must be suppressed?

3. Was the search of the vehicle legal ?

4. Should the trial court be required to review the sentence imposed?

Legality of forced stop of vehicle.

The defendant contends that the police officers needed “probable cause to arrest” before they could stop the vehicle he was occupying. He also…