Ransom v. State

OPINION

ROBERTSON, Senior Judge

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Defendant-Appellant Anthony Ransom was charged with unlawful possession of a handgun. He brings this interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress the handgun.

We reverse and remand.

ISSUE

The following issue is dispositive: whether the trial court erred in denying Ransom’s motion to suppress the handgun on the basis that the initial stop of Ransom’s vehicle was lawful and that Ransom’s consent to the search of the vehicle was voluntary.

FACTS

The facts, as found by the trial court, indicate that Ransom was driving a…