Hobdy v. State

Judge Harold R. Banke.

Willie Thomas Hobdy entered a guilty plea to possession of more than one ounce of marijuana, reserving for appeal the denial of his motion to suppress. At the outset, we note that although a conditional guilty plea of this nature is no longer permitted, in this case, the trial court accepted the plea prior to our decision in Hooten v. State, 212 Ga. App. 770, 775 (1) (442 SE2d 836) (1994).

The evidence at the suppression hearing was as follows. While conducting traffic enforcement on 1-75, Henry County Police Officer Robbie Bishop noticed a vehicle which appeared to be…