Harris v. State

Johnson, Judge.

Palace Harris was indicted for possession of cocaine. His pre-trial motion to suppress evidence was denied by the trial court. Harris entered a guilty plea to possession of cocaine and properly reserved his right to appeal from the order denying his motion to suppress.

1. Harris contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress as his alleged consent to be searched resulted from an illegal detention.

Reasons for brief investigatory stops need not rise to the level of probable cause to make an arrest, but merely to the level of articulable suspicion that the…