Hameen v. State

Andrews, Presiding Judge.

Yusef Beail Harneen, Abdul Rahman Harneen, and Randolph Scales, Jr. appeal from the judgments entered on their convictions 1 after a bench trial preceded by denial of their motion to suppress. They contend, and we agree, that the initial stop of their vehicle was unconstitutional.

1. Considering the evidence from both the motion to suppress hearing and the bench trial, Holmes v. State, 222 Ga. App. 642, 643 (476 SE2d 37) (1996), the facts were that, on April 16, 1999, Columbia County Deputy Sheriffs Redman and Rankin were on routine patrol westbound on Interstate 20…