THACKSTON v. State

Bernes, Judge.

After methamphetamine was seized from the person and home of probationer Hulon Thomas Thackston, Jr., the state indicted him for certain drug-related offenses and sought to revoke his probation. Thackston moved to suppress the methamphetamine in his criminal case and in his probation revocation case. The trial court in the criminal case granted the motion to suppress, and the criminal charges were nolle prossed. Thackston then filed a plea in bar in his probation revocation case, arguing that the state was precluded from relitigating the suppression issue based upon the doctrine…