Wise v. State

Carley,'Presiding Judge.

Appellant was tried before a jury and found guilty of trafficking in cocaine, escape, and obstruction of an officer. He appeals from the judgments of conviction and sentences entered by the trial court on the jury’s verdicts of guilt. Appellant filed a pretrial motion to suppress the cocaine which had been seized from his automobile. The denial of this motion is the basis for appellant’s sole enumeration of error.

Appellant urges that the initial stop of his vehicle was pretextual. However, the evidence presented at the hearing on appellant’s motion authorized the…