Roundtree v. State

Blackburn, Judge.

The appellant, Deon Roundtree, was indicted for trafficking in cocaine after more than 200 grams of a cocaine mixture were found in the car in which he was a passenger. The trial court denied Round-tree’s motion to suppress the evidence seized during a warrantless search of the vehicle, and this interlocutory appeal followed.

On November 23, 1993, at approximately 8:00 p.m., an officer with the Dooly County Sheriff’s Department stopped an automobile that was following the vehicle in front of it too closely. The vehicle was driven by Fontella Snipes. After the officer explained…