State v. Dopson

Carley, Presiding Judge.

Appellee’s vehicle was stopped and searched without a warrant. As the result of contraband found in that warrantless search, appellee was indicted for multiple drug violations. She filed a pretrial motion to suppress, urging that the search was illegal because it had been conducted “without a search warrant and without probable cause.” After holding a hearing, the trial court granted appellee’s motion to suppress. Pursuant to OCGA § 5-7-1 (4), the State appeals directly from the trial court’s order.

The trial court found “that probable cause existed for the stop of…