State v. Wolf

Phipps, Presiding Judge.

The state appeals from the trial court’s grant of a motion to suppress evidence obtained from a vehicle after it was stopped by the police. The trial court found that the traffic stop was illegal because it was not based on specific articulable facts sufficient to give rise to a reasonable suspicion of criminal conduct, and that the subsequent arrest was unlawful because the police lacked probable cause. Finding no error, we affirm.

When an appellate court reviews a trial court’s order concerning a motion to suppress evidence, the appellate court should be guided by…