• Taylor v. The State

    Publication Date: 2017-10-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donna Bearden, Calhoun, for appellant.
    for defendant: Erle Newton (Office of the District Attorney), Cartersville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A1043

    The trial court properly denied defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained from a search of his vehicle during a traffic stop because the officer who stopped defendant articulated a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity under the totality of circumstances sufficient to allow him to detain defendant for further investigation.