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Bius v. State

Burtts v. State, 211 Ga. App. 840 1994 is overruled to the extent that it authorizes a traffic stop solely because a vehicle carries a dealer drive-out tag.

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After the grant of her interlocutory appeal, Sherri Samantha Bius appeals the denial of her motion to suppress, challenging the searches of her vehicle and her residence. Following the execution of the warrant at her home, Bius was indicted on more than 30 counts of criminal activity, including allegations of financial identity fraud, forgery, and theft by receiving stolen property.

She contends the trial court erred by denying her motion to suppress the evidence seized in both searches because the evidence seized during the search of her car resulted from an unlawful traffic stop and detention, and the evidence seized during the search of her home was the result of an unauthorized search warrant. The warrant was unauthorized, she argues, because the information in the affidavit supporting the search warrant was stale, the confidential informant’s reliability was not established, and the warrant relied in part on evidence illegally seized from her car. Although we find that the traffic stop was not authorized and must reverse the denial of that part of Bius’s motion to suppress, we find no error regarding the warrant authorizing the search of Bius’s house. Therefore, we affirm that portion of the denial of Bius’s motion to suppress.

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