Williams v. State

Andrews, Judge.

Demetrius Williams was charged and convicted of a violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act and appeals from that conviction.

Evidence at trial was that on the evening of April 20, 1991, Clayton County deputies James Watkins and Samuel Smith were patrolling the area of Springdale Road. Watkins and Smith were part of the Night Hawk Unit, which is a street-level drug interdiction team within the Clayton County sheriff’s office.

As the uniformed deputies, who were traveling in a marked sheriff’s vehicle, neared a pool hall, they observed several men standing on the sidewalk…