G.M. v. State

WINDOM, Presiding Judge.

G.M. appeals his guilty-plea juvenile-delinquency adjudication for unlawful possession of a controlled substance. See § 13A-12 — 212(a)(1), Ala.Code 1975. On March 4, 2011, G.M. filed a motion to suppress evidence in which he argued that the search and subsequent seizure of cocaine from his wallet violated the 4th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States and Art. I, § 5, of the Alabama Constitution of 1901. Following a hearing, the juvenile court denied G.M.’s motion. Thereafter, G.M. pleaded “true” to the charge of unlawful possession of a…