State v. Gay

Miller, Judge.

The State appeals from the trial court’s grant of Keith Demetrius Gay’s motion to suppress evidence gathered in connection with a warrantless search of his backpack. Gay asserted below that the seizure was unlawful because it was based on a search lacking any legal basis. Having found no error, we affirm.

When reviewing a trial court’s order on a motion to suppress and the facts are not in dispute, we apply a de novo standard of review to the trial court’s application of law to those facts. Vansant v. State, 264 Ga. 319, 320 (1) (443 SE2d 474) (1994). So considered, the testimony…