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NO. 2007-CA-000675-MR
ALLEN DUNCAN APPELLANT
APPEAL FROM CLARK CIRCUIT COURT
v. HONORABLE WILLIAM T. JENNINGS, JUDGE ACTION NO. 06-CR-00174
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY APPELLEE
AND
NO. 2007-CA-000784-MR
SAUNDRA STEPHENS APPELLANT
APPEAL FROM CLARK CIRCUIT COURT
v. HONORABLE WILLIAM T. JENNINGS, JUDGE ACTION NO. 06-CR-00174 AND 06-CR-00174-0
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY APPELLEE
** ** ** ** ** BEFORE:  ACREE AND CAPERTON, JUDGES; ROSENBLUM,1 SPECIAL JUDGE. CAPERTON, JUDGE: Co-defendants Allen Duncan, Jr. (Duncan) and Saundra Stephens (Stephens) bring this appeal from a March 17, 2007, judgment of the Clark Circuit Court, whereby Duncan and Stephens entered a conditional plea of guilty after their motions to suppress the evidence obtained as a result of an alleged illegal stop were overruled.  After a thorough review, we vacate and remand to the trial court for specific findings consistent with this opinion.  
The trial court held a suppression hearing in conformity with RCr
9.78. At the hearing, the arresting officer testified that he was on patrol on September 13, 2006, when he noticed a white Thunderbird in front of him at a stop sign.  The in-cruiser video captured the entire arrest.  The officer testified that the occupants were

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