State v. Randolph Hutz

The state appeals from the circuit court’s non-final order granting the defendant’s motion to suppress his statements and physical evidence. The state argues the court erred in finding that a security guard’s observation of the defendant snorting cocaine, immediately conveyed to the arresting officer, did not provide reasonable suspicion for the officer to conduct an investigatory stop of the defendant a couple minutes later. We agree with the state’s argument and reverse.

At the hearing on the motion to suppress, the officer testified as follows. On the night of the arrest, he was in uniform…