Franklin v. State

Eldridge, Judge.

Voyage Franklin appeals his Cobb County conviction for possession of cocaine. We affirm as follows:

1. Appellant first contends that the stop of his vehicle was a mere pretext, unsupported by reasonable, articulable suspicion. Thus, appellant contends that the fruits of the subsequent consensual search, a rock of crack cocaine and two crack pipes, should have been suppressed as derived from the illegal stop. We do not agree.

The record demonstrates that while a BOLO (“be on the look out”) had been placed on appellant’s vehicle for possible involvement in drug activity,…