Kinder v. State

Ruffin, Presiding Judge.

Following a bench trial, the trial court found Timothy Leonard Kinder, Jr. guilty of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. Kinder appeals, asserting that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress. For reasons that follow, we disagree and affirm.

When reviewing the denial of a motion to suppress, we construe the evidence presented both at the suppression hearing and at trial in a light favorable to upholding the trial court’s findings and judgment.

Viewed in this manner, the hearing on the motion to suppress shows that on July 18, 2003, Deputy…