Howell v. State

Birdsong, Judge.

Charles Kirkland Howell was convicted of two violations of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act and sentenced to two years’ probation. He appeals from the denial of his motion to suppress evidence.

Howell and his friend Hooks, returning from an evening at the Limelight nightclub in Atlanta to their homes in Griffin, were forced to pull off the road when Hooks, who was driving, became ill. Shortly thereafter Officer Bundrick of the Atlanta Police Department, who was on patrol duty in the area, noticed their automobile off the street with “[t]he front of the vehicle ... butted…