State v. Green

At issue is the propriety of the trial court’s denial of defendant’s motion to suppress evidence obtained as a result of a warrantless search of his vehicle. I would hold that the informant’s tip in the case sub judice was insufficient under the totality of the circumstances to establish probable cause to justify the warrantless search of defendant’s vehicle. Therefore, I dissent.

We review the trial court’s ruling on defendant’s motion to suppress by asking whether the trial court’s findings of fact are sup*631ported by competent evidence and whether those findings support the court’s conclusions…