Hammont v. State

Dillard, Judge.

Jonathan Thomas Hammont was convicted in a bench trial of possessing less than one ounce of marijuana. Prior to his conviction, Hammont moved to suppress evidence on the basis that law enforcement had no probable cause or reasonable articulable suspicion to search for drugs during the traffic stop that eventually led to his arrest. For the reasons set forth infra, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the trial court’s judgment and findings, 1 the record shows that Hammont was the passenger in a vehicle driven by his friend, Eric Schwartz. Unbeknownst to them, a…