State v. Able

Dillard, Judge.

The State appeals the trial court’s grant of Catherine Lindsey Able and Tyler Bridges Selph’s joint motion to suppress evidence, contending that the trial court erred by basing its decision solely on a dislike of police officers’ “knock and talk” procedures. Because we agree that the trial court erred in its basis for granting the motion to suppress, we vacate the trial court’s order and remand for reconsideration.

At the outset, we note that at a hearing on a motion to suppress, “the trial judge sits as the trier of fact.”1 And when this Court reviews the grant or denial of a…