State v. Carr

Branch, Judge.

After a car in which he was a passenger was stopped by Fulton County police officers, Kentavius Carr was arrested and subsequently indicted on a single count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.1 Carr moved to suppress the evidence seized during a police search of the automobile in which he had been riding, arguing that the search resulted from his illegal detention or arrest. The trial court granted that motion, and the State now appeals from that order. We find no error and affirm.

In reviewing a trial court’s ruling on a motion to suppress, “we must construe the…