Miller v. State

Melton, Justice.

This case regards the trial court’s grant of Ashaunte Miller’s motion to suppress evidence of cocaine and a firearm found in his possession after he was stopped by Officer James Williams. In State v. Miller, 300 Ga. App. 55 (684 SE2d 80) (2009), the Court of Appeals reversed the trial court’s grant of the motion to suppress after determining that a de novo standard of review applied to the State’s appeal. We granted certiorari to consider the propriety of this holding. For the reasons set forth below, we find that the Court of Appeals erred by applying a de novo standard of…