State v. Rose

BILL BASS, Justice.

Appellee Rose has been indicted for possession of a controlled substance, cocaine, in an amount less than twenty-eight (28) grams. Appellee moved to suppress evidence of the cocaine. The motion to suppress was granted and the State appealed. The order suppressing the evidence will be vacated, and the cause remanded to the trial court.

While patrolling an area notorious for drug trafficking, Officer Bart Lemons noticed Rose standing in the intersection of Wilson and Ellis street. Lemons was a four year veteran of the Tyler Police Department, and he had observed mid-street…