Legal Opinion

State v. Coleman

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided November 22, 1989PublishedCited by 56 opinions

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…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969

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3Cited by56 opinions

  1. United States v. Kevin Eugene WrightCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1994
  2. State v. PullyTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
  3. State v. SimpsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1998
  4. State v. DayTennessee Supreme Court · 2008
  5. Commonwealth v. LyonsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990

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