Culpepper v. State

Blackwell, Judge.

Following a bench trial in DeKalb County, Larry Culpepper was convicted of possession of cocaine 1 and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. 2 Culpepper appeals, asserting that the trial court erred when it denied his motion to suppress evidence that was recovered from his rental car. Culpepper contends that the search of the car was unlawful because it was the fruit of an unreasonably prolonged investigative detention. We see no error and affirm the judgment of conviction.

When we review the denial of a motion to suppress, we view the evidence in the light most…