State v. Watkins

LAWRENCE E. MOONEY, Judge.

The State appeals from the trial court’s order suppressing physical evidence seized from a defendant in conjunction with a traffic stop. The trial court granted defendant’s motion to suppress because it found that the investigatory traffic stop had terminated prior to the trooper’s request to search. Finding there is insufficient evidence that the traffic stop had concluded, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

FACTS

The following facts were developed at the hearing on the motion to suppress, which consisted solely of Trooper Burck-hardt’s testimony.…