Evidence Suppressed

A hearing was held in the Graves Circuit Court after Chris filed a motion to suppress the evidence obtained from our client’s vehicle during a traffic stop. The law enforcement officer that pulled our client over late at night testified the license plate was not illuminated. However, after submitting as evidence still frames from body worn camera showing plainly that our client’s license plate was brightly illuminated after she was stopped, and the office being unable to provide a reasonable explanation for the discrepancy between his testimony and the photographic evidence, the Graves Circuit Court ruled the traffic stop was unreasonable and all evidence obtained of criminal offenses allegedly committed by our client after the traffic stop would be suppressed and unavailable to the prosecution at trial. The charges against our client were dismissed because of the court’s ruling.