State v. Louis

Benham, Judge.

Appellee was accused of carrying a concealed weapon and carrying a pistol without a license. The State brings this appeal from the grant of appellee’s motion to suppress the gun discovered in a search of appellee’s person.

At the hearing on the motion, the searching/arresting officer testified that he arrived at a Hapeville motel at 2:00 a.m. in response to the report of a burning car in the motel parking lot. While talking to the desk clerk on duty in this “notorious place” that frequently placed calls for police assistance, the officer noticed appellee, who, according to the…