State v. Williams

Ruffin, Judge.

Gregory Williams was indicted for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. The State appeals from the trial court’s order granting Williams’s motion to suppress. For reasons which follow, we affirm.

Viewed in a light to support the trial court’s ruling, the evidence showed that Officers Ethridge and Sapp stopped two cars, one for a broken taillight and the other for no license plate. While Ethridge tended to the car with no tag, Sapp watched the other car which contained Williams and his co-defendant, Flemming Martin. When Ethridge finished with the first car, Sapp told…