Garner v. State

Carley, Judge.

Garner was indicted for violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act, possession of more than one ounce of marijuana. A motion to suppress the contraband was filed and, after a hearing, denied by the trial court, Garner’s application for an interlocutory appeal was granted in order to determine whether the seizure of the marijuana was pursuant to a valid inventory search.

The evidence produced at the suppression hearing authorized the following findings: A police officer, on routine patrol in the early morning hours observed a slowly moving vehicle. The automobile was…