State v. Tedford

Sognier, Judge.

Richard Donald Tedford was arrested and charged with misdemeanor theft by taking. His motion to suppress the evidence obtained in searches of his car and home was granted, and the State appeals.

Appellee was employed by MARTA to repair the signs on its buses, and in that capacity appellee had access to the garages where the drivers returned the buses after completion of their routes. On December 30, 1987, a MARTA security officer discovered appellee on a bus parked at the Hamilton garage holding a brown paper bag containing $55.10 in coins and MARTA tokens. After determining…