State v. Grimmett

BECTON, Judge.

We must determine (1) whether Grimmett was seized within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment; (2) if a seizure occurred, whether a reasonable and articulable suspicion of criminality existed at the time of the seizure; (3) whether Grimmett voluntarily consented (a) to accompany the law enforcement officers inside the terminal, and (b) to the search of his belongings; and (4) if Grimmett gave his consent after he was illegally seized, whether the search of his belongings was the tainted product of the illegal seizure and rendered inadmissible the cocaine seized from his person.

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