State v. Brown

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

The State of Georgia appeals the grant of Ronald Brown’s motion to suppress evidence.

The State’s evidence at the hearing on motion to suppress shows that police officers on patrol drove into an apartment complex in Atlanta where arrests had been made for drug activity in the past. They saw a group of people sitting and standing a few feet from an apartment. The officers did not see anyone engaging in drug activity. The arresting officer testified that appellee was not holding anything and the officer “did not see [appellee] do anything” and did not see anything in…