State v. Hodges

Beasley, Judge.

The trial court granted appellees’ motion to suppress evidence, in a proceeding pursuant to OCGA § 17-5-30, after concluding that the investigative stop of appellees was not supported by an articulable suspicion, in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The state appealed. Although Hodges ostensibly relied below on both federal and state constitutional provisions, only the federal ground is involved here.

The search and seizure did not cross Fourth Amendment federal constitutional bounds. The evidence shows that the two police detectives had an articulable suspicion to detain the…