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STATE v. SIMMONS

Nos. A06A2451, A06A2452.

640 S.E.2d 709 (2006)

The STATE v. SIMMONS. The State v. Venson.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

December 29, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard R. Read, Dist. Atty., Roberta A. Earnhardt, Asst. Dist. Atty., for Appellant.

Brian L. Simmons, pro se.

James S. Purvis, Rockdale County Public Defender, Denise S. Reger, for Venson.

ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.

The State appeals the trial court's grant of defendants Brian Simmons's and Ayana Venson's motions to suppress evidence following a traffic stop. For reasons that follow, we reverse.

This case arose when officers stopped the car in which Simmons and Venson were driving for a window tint violation. After a drug dog alerted to the presence of drugs, officers recovered marijuana, methamphetamine and cocaine from Venson's purse. Both...

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