State v. Jackson

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendants Clint Jackson and Tanya Faye Kendrick were jointly indicted for violating Georgia’s Controlled Substances Act, possessing more than one ounce of marijuana. Defendants pleaded not guilty and filed separate motions to suppress.

At the beginning of a hearing on the motions to suppress, the State argued that defendant Kendrick’s motion to suppress should be dismissed for lack of standing because the search was conducted in defendant Jackson’s automobile. The trial court reserved ruling on the motion to dismiss and heard from the State’s sole witness, Deputy…