State v. Gibbons

Barnes, Judge.

Pursuant to OCGA § 5-7-1 (a) (4), the State appeals the trial court’s grant of a motion to suppress filed by Michael Stinemetz and Vincent Gibbons. The State contends the trial court erred by finding that the state trooper impermissibly expanded the scope of the traffic investigation and also erred by failing to find that the trooper had a reasonable suspicion to request Stinemetz’s consent to search his *860person. We disagree and affirm.

1. In reviewing a trial court’s decision on a motion to suppress, an appellate court’s responsibility is to ensure that there was a substantial…