BARNES, Judge.
A Cherokee County deputy sheriff stopped Ali Ibrahim Habib because neither he nor his passenger was wearing a seat belt, and subsequently discovered a gram of marijuana in the back seat of the car Habib was driving. Habib was charged with violating the seat belt law and with possession of less than an ounce of marijuana. The trial court granted his motion to suppress, and the State appeals. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
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