State v. Harris
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Ruffin, Presiding Judge.
Jessie Harris and Alfonso Santollo were charged with trafficking in cocaine and other cocaine-related offenses. The two filed motions to suppress evidence, which the trial court granted. The State appeals the trial court’s order, and for reasons that follow, we affirm.
In reviewing a trial court’s ruling on a motion to suppress, we construe the evidence most favorably to that court’s findings and judgment. We accept the trial court’s decision on disputed facts and credibility assessments unless clearly erroneous. “However, where the evidence is uncontroverted and no…
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