Harden v. State

SHIVERS, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from a denial of a motion to suppress evidence. We affirm.

Police officer Barton stopped Harden for speeding. Harden got out of his car and walked back to Barton. Barton ran a license check on Harden, and he arrested Harden for driving with a suspended license and expired tag. Barton and Harden agreed that Harden’s car would remain on the side of the road until Harden could contact someone to pick it up. Barton called for a backup cruiser. According to Barton, it took the cruiser “quite a while” to arrive; and during that time Harden asked permission to…