Dean v. State

Phipps, Judge.

Accusations were filed charging David Wendell Dean with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute on two separate dates within one month of each other. Dean filed virtually identical motions to suppress in each case.

Each motion alleged that on or about the date set forth in the accusation, Dean was approached, questioned, unlawfully detained, and arrested by (unnamed) law enforcement officers; that these actions were taken without probable cause and without specific and articulable facts reasonably warranting an investigatory stop under Terry v. Ohio;1 that incident to…