Lirousa v. State

Banke, Presiding Judge.

The appellant brings this appeal from the denial of his motion for new trial following his conviction of trafficking in cocaine. His sole enumeration of error is directed to the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress the cocaine on which the prosecution was based.

While driving north on Interstate 75 accompanied by a male companion and two female companions in an automobile owned by one of the female companions, the appellant stopped at a rest area just south of Calhoun, Georgia. A Georgia state patrolman observed the vehicle parked there with its hood up; and…