Jackson v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was indicted for possession of cocaine. The evidence adduced at a motion to suppress hearing revealed the following:

Officer G. H. Watkins of the DeKalb County Police Department, an experienced drug enforcement officer, was assigned to patrol a “well-known drug area” on January 11, 1990. Officer Watkins was alone, he “was on foot” and he was wearing a uniform.

Officer Watkins moved into an area of high pedestrian traffic, he concealed himself “in some bushes . . .” and he began a surveillance so as “[t]o find anybody selling dope or basically in possession of…