State v. Stilley

Ruffin, Presiding Judge.

Stiles Dean Stilley, who was charged with driving under the influence, 1 moved to suppress evidence obtained during a traffic stop. Finding that the police officer who stopped Stilley lacked articulable suspicion for the stop, the trial court granted the motion. The State-appeals, and for reasons that follow, we reverse.

In reviewing a trial court’s ruling on a motion to suppress, we defer to the trial court’s factual findings unless such are clearly erroneous. 2 In this case, the facts are largely undisputed, and we review the application of the law to the facts de…