Looney v. State

Phipps, Judge.

Following a bench trial, Ricky Lee Looney was convicted of manufacturing marijuana and sentenced to serve ten years on probation. Because Looney has shown that the trial court erred by denying his motion to suppress, we reverse.

We must accept a trial court’s ruling on disputed facts and credibility at a suppression hearing unless those rulings are clearly erroneous. But when considering the legality of a search, we can consider all relevant evidence of record, wherever located, including that adduced at a suppression hearing and that adduced at trial.

The evidence showed that in…