State v. Coleman
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WADE, Judge.
The state appeals a judgment of the trial court granting the motion of the defendant, • Carla Coleman, to suppress evidence.
The sole question presented for review is whether the trial court committed error in its determination that there was not a reasonable suspicion for the investigatory stop.
We find no error and affirm.
On August 9 and 10, 1988, Officer Stanley Henderson of the Robertson County Drug Task Force received information about a possible drug transaction from a confidential informant Henderson had previously arrested on other charges.
The informant, whom “he had…
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