State v. Barnes

Blackburn, Judge.

The appellee, Carl Barnes, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and having no proof of insurance. The trial court granted his motion to suppress, on the grounds that the arresting officer had illegally stopped Barnes’ vehicle, and the State appeals.

At the hearing on the motion to suppress, the arresting officer testified that on September 3, 1992, he was assigned to a task force to stop drug and prostitution activity in the Flat Shoals Road/Fayetteville Road area of DeKalb County. Residents in that area had specifically complained of such activity occurring…