Legal Opinion

State v. Starks

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided August 8, 2006No. A06A1796PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

The State appeals the grant of Octavia Starks’s motion to suppress, in which Starks successfully argued that the police had no legal basis to conduct the traffic stop that led to the discovery of marijuana in his vehicle. Because the trial court did not clearly err in disbelieving the police testimony about the alleged reason for the stop, we affirm.

When reviewing a trial court’s order on a motion to suppress, we apply the “any evidence” standard:

A trial court’s order on a motion to suppress will not be disturbed if there is any evidence to support it, and the trial…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Whren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  2. Vansant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
  3. Tate v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
  4. State v. HesterCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
  5. State v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006

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3Cited by12 opinions

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  3. DUNCAN v. the STATE.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2018
  4. Stadnisky v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
  5. State v. GrayCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007

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