Legal Opinion
Sutton v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided December 3, 1996No. A96A1202PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pope, Presiding Judge.
Robert Wayne Sutton was convicted for trafficking in methamphetamine. He appeals and we affirm.
Evidence at the hearing on the motion to suppress and at the bench trial was that at 1:25 a.m. on October 13, 1994, Officer Long and Corporal Pearson of the Gwinnett County Police Department were patrolling when they noticed a vehicle with the tag light out. Pearson activated his emergency equipment to stop the vehicle. The driver of the vehicle, later determined to be Sutton, continued to drive slowly, and eventually stopped at a convenience store.
Long approached the car and…
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