Bagwell v. State

Pope, Chief Judge.

Defendant Darren Bagwell pled guilty to speeding and to violating the Georgia Controlled Substances Act, reserving his right to appeal the overruling of his motion to suppress certain evidence. His sole enumeration of error on appeal challenges the denial of his motion to suppress methamphetamine found on his person in a search incident to his arrest. Because we hold the search of defendant’s person and the seizure of this evidence was both reasonable and within the scope of the statutory provisions allowing a search incident to arrest, we affirm.

On November 21, 1992,…