Brown v. State

549 S.E.2d 107 (2001)

274 Ga. 31

BROWN

v.

The STATE.

No. S00G1809.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

July 2, 2001.

Lynn M. Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.

J. Tom Morgan, III, Dist. Atty., Robert M. Coker, Asst. Dist. Atty., Decatur, for appellee.

BENHAM, Justice.

On January 27, 1996, an anonymous informant called 911 and reported that a black male in a purple hat, black leather coat, and blue jeans was dealing drugs from a white automobile in an apartment complex. An officer dispatched to the site in response to the 911 call testified that he saw a man meeting the description standing next to a white car.…