Hall v. State

Appellant, James Hall (“defendant”), contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress. The defendant claims that the police lacked a founded suspicion to stop his vehicle based upon a two week old ‘Tie on the lookout” (“BOLO”). We agree and reverse.

Previous to, and at the motion to suppress, defense counsel requested any and all recorded or transcribed conversations regarding a BOLO for a vehicle in reference to a shooting on March 5, 1994. The State responded that such tapes were routinely destroyed.

The State’s only witness at the hearing, a police officer, testified…