Young v. State

Johnson, Presiding Judge.

Billy Ray Young was charged with driving after having been declared a habitual violator and giving a false name to a law enforcement officer. He moved to suppress evidence obtained after the officer had stopped him in his car, arguing that the officer did not have a lawful basis for the stop. After an evidentiary hearing, the trial court denied Young’s motion to suppress, finding that the officer had reasonable articulable suspicion to conduct an investigatory stop.

Young subsequently opted for a nonjury trial. He and the state agreed that evidence presented at the…