Vines v. State

Banke, Judge. .

The defendant appeals from his conviction of a violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. His sole enumeration of error deals with the trial judge’s denial of a motion to suppress certain heroin which was found near him when he was stopped by police.

After observing the defendant for two and one-half hours, police officers approached him as he was standing on leafy ground near a car. When the defendant was addressed by an officer approaching on the opposite side of the car, he removed two foil packets from his pocket and dropped them approximately one foot from his…