State v. Gehris

Ruffin, Judge.

A DeKalb County police officer investigated a traffic accident involving Peter Gehris. After the DeKalb officer released Gehris, two Doraville police officers further detained him to investigate whether he had been driving under the influence. Gehris was arrested and charged for this offense.* 1 Prior to trial, he moved to suppress the evidence of his intoxication. The trial court granted Gehris’ motion, finding that the Doraville officers lacked articulable suspicion to “re-seize” Gehris after he had been released by the DeKalb County officer. We find the trial court erred in…