Supreme Court of Arkansas

Pickle v. State

June 25, 20152015 Ark. 286

Summary

The court held that the officers lacked reasonable suspicion to begin a criminal investigation after completing their waterfowl-compliance inspection. The subsequent warrant check, arrest, and search exceeded the scope of any permissible administrative inspection, so the suppression ruling was reversed and the case was remanded. The court did not decide whether the initial compliance investigation itself was reasonable.