Pritchard v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Doyle, Judge.
Following a stipulated bench trial, Priscilla Pritchard was convicted of a single count of possession of methamphetamine. Prit-chard now appeals from the trial court’s denial of her motion to suppress evidence seized by the police from her vehicle, arguing that the police had insufficient evidence to justify the traffic stop. We reverse, for reasons that follow.
Where the evidence introduced at a suppression hearing is undisputed and there is no question regarding witness credibility, we review de novo the trial court’s application of the law to the undisputed facts.
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