State v. Hannah

The state appeals the trial court’s order suppressing evidence seized by police from Christopher Hannah at the crime scene. The trial court ruled that the officers exceeded the proper scope of the investigatory detention by transporting Hannah from the place where he was first detained by police to the scene of the crime. The state argues that the scope of the investigatory detention was not exceeded because the crime scene was within the immediate vicinity of the place where Hannah was initially detained. The state also argues that the evidence seized from Hannah at the crime scene would…