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STATE v. MERIT

No. A03A0975.

586 S.E.2d 393 (2003)

262 Ga. App. 687

The STATE v. MERIT.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

August 12, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Tom Morgan, District Attorney, Tammi S. Fuller, Thomas E. Csider, Assistant District Attorneys for appellant.

Karlyn Skall, for appellee.

RUFFIN, Presiding Judge.

The State appeals the trial court's order granting Bryan Merit's motion to suppress evidence. For reasons that follow, we affirm.1

In reviewing the trial court's ruling on a motion to suppress, we follow three principles:

First, when a motion to suppress is heard by the trial judge, that judge sits as the trier of facts. The trial judge hears the evidence, and his findings based upon conflicting...

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