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Bryant v. State

The police officer did not unlawfully detain the defendant after an initial traffic stop had ended, since the officer was still in the process of writing a warning citation when the driver of the car granted consent to search the car.

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Cedric Demetrius Bryant was convicted of cocaine trafficking and obstructing an officer. He appeals the denial of his motion to suppress evidence, arguing that a police officer unlawfully detained him after an initial traffic stop had ended. We find that Bryant waived this argument by failing to raise it below. Even if Bryant had not waived this argument, the evidence supports the conclusion that the officer was still in the process of writing a warning citation when the driver consented to a search of the car. For these reasons, we affirm the trial court’s denial of Bryant’s motion to suppress and affirm his convictions.

Just before trial, the court conducted a hearing on the motion to suppress. The trial court orally denied the motion to suppress, but there is no written order in the record.

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