STATE v. BETHEL

No. A10A1863.

705 S.E.2d 860 (2010)

The STATE v. BETHEL.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

December 28, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E Brooks Jr. , District Attorney, Bryan R. Howard , Assistant District Attorney, for appellant,

Oliver J. Browning Jr. , for appellee.


ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.

The State appeals from the trial court's order granting Terrance Bethel's motion to suppress marijuana found in his car after a traffic stop. The trial court granted the motion to suppress after holding that the police officer was outside his jurisdiction when he made the traffic stop. The law is clear, however, that an officer may arrest a person violating any law concerning the operation of a vehicle, regardless of territorial limitations...

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