Williams v. State

Branch, Judge.

Following a stipulated bench trial in Henry County Superior Court, Gerald M. Williams was found guilty of trafficking in cocaine.1 He now appeals his conviction, arguing that the court below erred in denying his motion to suppress the evidence police seized from him during a Terry2 pat-down of his person. Finding that the contraband at issue was seized in violation of Williams’s Fourth Amendment rights, we reverse his conviction.

Where, as here, the relevant facts are undisputed, we review the denial of the motion to suppress de novo.3 Vansant v. State, 264 Ga. 319, 320 (1) (443…