Sanders v. State

Johnson, Judge.

We granted Larry Sanders’ application for interlocutory review of the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress cocaine seized from his car. Sanders contends the traffic stop which led to the discovery of the cocaine was invalid, unreasonably pretextual and unrelated to any concern regarding the public safety.

At the motion to suppress hearing, an officer with the Georgia State Patrol testified that he was driving behind Sanders when an investigator with a county drug enforcement unit, who was driving in the opposite direction, contacted him by radio. The drug squad…