ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.
The State appeals from the trial court's order granting Christopher Cates's motion to suppress evidence of cocaine seized after Cates consented to a search of his car. Because this was a first-tier police-citizen encounter involving no coercion or detention, we conclude the consent to search was valid and reverse.
"`When we review a trial court's decision on a motion to suppress, the evidence is construed most favorably to uphold...
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