STATE v. WINNIE

No. A99A2354.

529 S.E.2d 215 (2000)

242 Ga. App. 228

The STATE v. WINNIE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

February 3, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Crawford, District Attorney, William C. Akins, Assistant District Attorney, for appellant.

Healy & Svoren, Timothy P. Healy, Nina M. Svoren, Toccoa, for appellee.


RUFFIN, Judge.

The State appeals the trial court's grant of Richard Winnie's motion to suppress evidence resulting from a traffic stop. Because the evidence supported the trial court's determination that there was no articulable suspicion for the stop, we affirm.

When faced with a motion to suppress evidence based on an illegal search, the burden is on the State to prove the lawfulness of the search.1 On appeal, we construe the...

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