Legal Opinion
State v. Chitty
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided January 16, 1998No. S-96-334PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.
The State of Nebraska petitions for further review of a Nebraska Court of Appeals decision which reversed a district *754court’s conviction of Rodney R. Chitty for possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine). See State v. Chitty, 5 Neb. App. 412, 559 N.W.2d 511 (1997).
STANDARD OF REVIEW
A trial court’s ruling on a motion to suppress, apart from determinations of reasonable suspicion to conduct investigatory stops and probable cause to perform warrantless searches, is to be upheld on appeal unless its findings of fact are clearly erroneous. In making this determination, an appellate…
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