GROSS, C.J.
We reverse the circuit court's finding that an interaction between appellant and a detective was a consensual encounter because, under the circumstances, a reasonable person would not have believed that he was free to disregard the order of a detective and leave the area. The stop and subsequent search therefore violated the Fourth Amendment.
Late one night a detective saw two males standing in the corner of the open parking lot of a closed daycare...
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