Pickersgill v. State

BASKIN, Judge.

Defendants Pickersgill and Sawyer entered pleas of nolo contendere reserving the right to appeal the trial court’s refusal to suppress evidence seized without a warrant. They maintain that the initial stop of Sawyer’s vehicle was not based on reason*93able suspicion of criminal activity, and consequently, items seized during a search of both defendants’ vehicles should be suppressed as “fruit of the poisonous tree.” See Wong Sun v. United States, 371 U.S. 471, 83 S.Ct. 407, 9 L.Ed.2d 441 (1963).

The state points to circumstances it contends formed the predicate for a valid stop. An…