Keishian v. State

Cooper, Judge.

We granted this interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s denial of appellant’s motion to suppress on the grounds that appellant lacked standing to contest the search. In two enumerations of error, appellant argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress, and contends that the evidence obtained from the car in which he was a passenger, as well as from his home, should not be admitted at trial.

Appellant was a passenger in a car that was stopped by a state trooper because it was being driven without headlights. During the stop, the officer shined his…