State v. Mann

Justice WALLACE, JR.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this search and seizure case, we consider whether the police had reasonable and articulable suspicion to conduct an investigatory stop of defendant. The police sought and obtained a search warrant for co-defendant Michael Futch’s person, residence, and car. Prior to the execution of the warrant, the police were engaged in surveillance of Futch when defendant, Wendell Mann, and his passengers, Wendell Conner and Jarrod Pringley, drove into a Wendy’s parking lot and parked next to Futch’s car. At that point, defendant and Futch engaged…