Legal Opinion
Molina v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 14, 2010No. A10A0478PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, Presiding Judge.
Anibal Pacheco Molina appeals his conviction for trafficking in cocaine. He contends the trial court erred when it denied his motion to suppress evidence obtained during a pat-down search. Because the officer had no particularized suspicion that Molina had a weapon or posed a safety threat, but only patted him down pursuant to his general pattern of frisking every person who gets out of a car, we reverse.
On appeal from a motion to suppress, we construe the evidence in the light most favorable to the trial court’s findings and judgment. Perkins v. State, 300 Ga. App.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Clark v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
- State v. UnderwoodSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
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