State v. Guyton

MlKELL, Judge.

The state appeals from the grant of Kevin Charles Guyton’s motion to suppress evidence obtained following a traffic stop of the vehicle he was driving. At the hearing on the motion to suppress, the state introduced the testimony of the arresting officer and a partial videotape of the incident (a portion of the videotape having been accidentally recorded over). Thereafter, the trial court entered a lengthy order reciting its factual findings and drawing conclusions of law. The trial court ruled that the arresting officer lacked reasonable articulable suspicion to make the traffic…