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Defense challenges stop for tint violation after firearm and drugs found; judge takes suppression motion under advisement
Summary
A motion to suppress evidence recovered after a vehicle encounter in a Dollar General parking lot centered on whether officers lawfully approached a car they believed had illegal window tinting; police found a handgun on the defendant and drugs in the vehicle.
Defense attorneys asked a judge to suppress evidence obtained after a parking‑lot encounter and search in the case of Ricky Joe Warren, arguing officers lacked the necessary articulable suspicion to approach and detain the vehicle on a window‑tint basis. The stop occurred in a Dollar General parking lot; officers later located a handgun in Warren’s waistband and controlled substances in the vehicle.
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