State v. McMichael

Bernes, Judge.

Defendants/appellees Vernon Lashun McMichael and Kevin Tremayne Rogers were indicted 1 after drug and weapon evidence was discovered during searches following a routine traffic stop. The trial court granted appellees’ separate pre-trial motions to suppress the evidence, from which the State appeals. In its decision, the trial court concluded that the searches were not conducted pursuant to voluntary consent and were illegal. We disagree and reverse.

‘When reviewing a trial court’s decision on a motion to suppress, we must adopt the trial court’s findings of fact unless those…