People v. Deppert

Following the entry of judgment of conviction against the defendant, Robert S. Deppert, on two counts of the unlawful use of weapons, he was sentenced to a determinate term of imprisonment of five years on one of those counts. In the appeal from his conviction, the defendant raises the issue of whether the trial court erred by denying the defendant’s motion to suppress. It is the defendant’s contention that the contested evidence was the tainted fruit of a police officer’s unlawful stop.

At the hearing on the motion to suppress, the defendant testified that on the evening of September 25 and…