The State v. Alford.

Barnes, Presiding Judge.

*208 After arresting Tramain Rashade Alford, a police officer searched a backpack found on the floorboard of the vehicle in which Alford was a passenger and discovered illegal drugs. Alford was charged with possession of cocaine and possession of less than one ounce of marijuana, and he filed a motion to suppress all evidence recovered during the search. Alford contended, among other things, that the arresting officer did not have probable cause to detain him and that all evidence seized as a result of his unlawful detention should be excluded from evidence at trial.…