Legal Opinion

State v. Gibbs

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 10, 2008No. A08A1625Published

1Opinion of the Court

BARNES, Chief Judge.

The State appeals from an order granting Gina Gibbs’ motion to suppress evidence seized during a traffic stop, arguing that the trial court erred in finding that the officer had no reasonable articulable suspicion to stop the vehicle in which Gibbs was a passenger. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

When the evidence presented for a motion to suppress is not disputed, we will review the trial court’s application of the law de novo. The trial court’s findings on issues of fact, however, will only be disturbed on appeal if they are clearly erroneous. Vansant v. State,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Vansant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
  2. Hedquist v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
  3. Bailey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  4. Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999

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