State v. Ritter

OPINION

SULLIVAN, Judge.

Appellant, the State of Indiana, challenges the trial court's grant of Defendant Eric Ritter's motion to suppress.

We reverse and remand.

The parties agree as to the basic facts. On January 1, 2003, at approximately 12:45 p.m., Officer Robert DeLee of the Plymouth Police Department was on duty when he observed a red Dodge Stealth parked on the side of the street with someone in the driver's seat. Officer DeLee took note of the vehicle's license plate number and ran a random license plate check on the number. The results of the inquiry indicated that the license plate was…