People v. Ellis

Defendants were convicted of burglary. Ellis was sentenced to three years’ probation and ordered to make restitution. Simmons was sentenced to four years’ probation and also was ordered to make restitution. On appeal, defendants raise three issues: (1) Did the police have sufficient grounds to detain defendants pursuant to a Terry stop; (2) assuming arguendo that sufficient grounds for a Terry stop existed, was the subsequent detention of the defendants outside the scope of Terry, and (3) were defendants denied the effective assistance of counsel?

On February 22, 1982, an information was filed…