State v. Mannhalt

The appellants, hereinafter referred to as defendants, were convicted of burglary in the second degree and grand larceny, and have appealed. The issue to be determined on appeal is whether the arresting officers had probable cause to believe a felony had been committed.

The officers, sitting in an unmarked patrol car near a business district, saw two people in a beige pickup with a canopy and green windows drive slowly by at 4 a.m. There had been a number of burglaries in the area and the officers were assigned to the area for that reason. There were no pedestrians and the traffic was light at…