Conner v. State

SMITH, Judge.

Conner appeals from a probationary sentence following the trial court’s acceptance of his plea of nolo contendere to a charge of possession of marijuana, reserving Conner’s right on appeal to complain of the court’s order denying his motion to suppress as evidence the marijuana seized on his person.

Conner attracted the attention of the arresting officer while walking one morning, apparently aimlessly, through an alley of a commercial area. His manner aroused the officer’s suspicion. Then the officer observed him “lift his hat and take something out of it and bend down and put it…