STATE v. STARKS

No. A06A1796.

635 S.E.2d 327 (2006)

The STATE v. STARKS.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

August 8, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine R. Blackburn, Asst. Dist. Atty., Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming, Dist. Atty., for Appellant.

Herbert Shafer, Atlanta, for Appellee.


BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

The State appeals the grant of Octavia Starks's motion to suppress, in which Starks successfully argued that the police had no legal basis to conduct the traffic stop that led to the discovery of marijuana in his vehicle. Because the trial court did not clearly err in disbelieving the police testimony about the alleged reason for the stop, we affirm.

When reviewing a trial court's order on a motion to suppress, we apply the "any...

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