Richards v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge.
Following her indictment for violations of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act, Regina Richards filed a motion to suppress evidence seized during a warrantless search of her home. Richards now brings this interlocutory appeal, challenging the trial court’s denial of that motion. Finding that exigent circumstances justified the warrantless search, we affirm.
“In considering an appeal from [a] denial of a motion to suppress, this Court construes the evidence in favor of the trial court’s ruling, and we review de novo the trial court’s application of the law to undisputed facts.”…
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