State v. Coyne

Brown, J. —

Daniel W. Coyne and Clinton J. Burt successfully sought suppression of drug evidence discovered following a consent search that flowed from Mr. Coyne’s effort to recover a lost coat. Because the police had discharged the governmental duty in connection to the lost coat before detaining Mr. Coyne and Mr. Burt without an articulable suspicion to investigate further, we agree that the consent was vitiated by a prior illegal seizure, and affirm.

FACTS

The facts are undisputed. Since the sole issue centers on *569whether the facts support the trial court’s conclusion, we set out the trial…