State v. Billoups

Banke, Presiding Judge.

The state appeals the grant of the appellee’s motion to suppress evidence seized during a warrantless search of his person.

The appellee was arrested by Officer Hunter of the Valdosta Police Department at approximately 2:30 a.m., while the latter was on routine patrol in the Hudson-Docket section of the city, a neighborhood which the officer characterized as a “highly drug populated area.” Officer Hunter testified that as his patrol car rounded a corner, he observed the appellee standing on the sidewalk “conversing” with another male subject. He stated that when the two…