Brooks v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Blackburn, Judge.
Eddie Malcolm Brooks brings this appeal from his conviction of a violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act by possession of cocaine. The two enumerations of error challenge the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized during a warrantless search of his person.
The record reveals that on January 10, 1992, at approximately 11:30 a.m., Sergeant David Godwin received a telephone call at his office from a confidential informant. The informant told Sergeant Godwin that a city employee, by the name of Eddie Brooks, was on his way to the College Street…
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