Maddox v. State

188 Ga. App. 883 (1988)

374 S.E.2d 810

MADDOX

v.

THE STATE.

76906.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 21, 1988.

G. Hammond Law III, for appellant.

C. Andrew Fuller, District Attorney, for appellee.

BANKE, Presiding Judge.

Maddox was convicted of violating the Controlled Substances Act by possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute. On appeal, he enumerates as error the denial of his motion to suppress the contraband on the ground that it was seized during an unlawful, warrantless search of his motor vehicle.

The appellant and a male companion were observed by Officer Tyner of the Hall…