JOHNSON v. the STATE.

Branch, Judge.

*310 Following a bench trial at which he stipulated to the facts, Willie Johnson III, was convicted of a single count each of possession of less than an ounce of marijuana and obstruction of an officer. Johnson now appeals his conviction, asserting that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence discovered by police after they arrested him without probable cause. We agree and we therefore reverse Johnson's conviction.

At a hearing on a motion to suppress, the trial judge sits as the trier of fact. On appeal from the grant or denial of such a motion, therefore,…