Legal Opinion
State v. Williams
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 29, 2003No. A03A1664PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, Presiding Judge.
The State appeals from the trial court’s order granting Thomas Shane Williams’s motion to suppress evidence of methamphetamine found by police during a traffic stop and search of a vehicle in which he was a passenger. For the following reasons, we reverse.
Based on evidence of methamphetamine found in the search, Williams and the driver of the vehicle, Robert A. St. John, were jointly charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Williams moved to suppress the methamphetamine on the basis that the consent to search the vehicle given by St. John…
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