State v. Albert

The question presented in this case is whether a police officer may ask a citizen twice to come over and speak to him without infringing upon that citizen’s Fourth Amendment rights. The State appeals the trial court’s order on rehearing granting Marques Albert’s motion to suppress evidence, and it argues that the rehearing judge erroneously concluded that the interaction between the police officer and Albert constituted an investigatory stop that was not supported by reasonable suspicion. The State points out that the motion to suppress was originally denied by a different judge, who…