Margerum v. State

Andrews, Presiding Judge.

We granted Jeffrey Douglas Margerum’s application for interlocutory appeal of the trial court’s order denying his motion to suppress evidence. Margerum claimed that his arrest was based on an illegal traffic stop because the arrest was made outside the arresting officer’s jurisdiction. In denying the motion, the trial court held that the officer was in “hot pursuit” of Margerum’s car and the stop was legal. We agree and affirm.

“In reviewing a trial court’s denial of a motion to suppress, we are required to accept such court’s ruling on disputed facts unless it is…