State v. Eilers

OPINION

RILEY, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Plaintiff-Appellant State of Indiana appeals the trial court’s grant of Defendant Appellee Christina M. Eilers’s (Eilers) motion to suppress evidence.

We affirm.

ISSUE

The State presents two issues for our review; however, we find the following issue dispositive: Whether the trial court correctly determined that the evidence was the product of an illegal stop pursuant to Ind.Code 9-19-10-3.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On March 14,1996, Officer James Womack of the Ossian Police Department was working on “seat belt patrol.” When Officer Womack saw Eilers…