Becoats v. State

Branch, Judge.

Following a bench trial, Phyllip Jerrod Becoats was convicted of trafficking in cocaine, possession of marijuana, and failure to maintain his lane. During the sentencing phase of trial, the State introduced certified copies of Becoats’s four prior felony convictions, and the trial court sentenced him as a recidivist pursuant to OCGA § 17-10-7. Becoats then appealed his convictions, asserting as his sole claim of error the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized during a traffic stop of his vehicle. See Becoats v. State, 301 Ga. App. 768 (688 SE2d 686)…