State v. Jordan C. Beans

The State challenges the order suppressing a firearm and cannabis found in Appellee’s car. The sole argument advanced by the State is that the encounter between Appellee and police officers was, as a matter of law, consensual. Accordingly, it urges that the trial court erred in concluding that Appellee was seized prior to the discovery of incriminating evidence in his car. Concluding that no error has been demonstrated on the legal theory advanced by the State, we affirm.

The uniformed police officers here responded to a complaint involving noise coming from Appellee’s apartment. Upon arrival,…