STATE v. McCARTHY

No. A07A1049.

654 S.E.2d 239 (2007)

THE STATE v. McCARTHY.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

November 15, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Grant Madison, District Attorney, Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District attorney, for appellant.

Robert D. Lenhardt, for appellee.


BARNES, Chief Judge.

The State appeals from the trial court's order granting Mark McCarthy's motion to suppress evidence gathered in connection with a warrantless search of his bag, arguing that the search was legal (1) as incident to the arrest of either McCarthy or Lia Puckett, a co-defendant, (2) because McCarthy had no expectation of privacy and no standing to challenge the search, and (3) as an inventory search. For...

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