Davis v. State

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

Following a stipulated bench trial, Russell Anthony Davis appeals his conviction for possessing cocaine 1 and for driving while cocaine was in his blood. 2 His sole enumeration of error is that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress the cocaine found in his pants pocket during a pat-down of his person. We agree with the trial court that under the inevitable discovery doctrine, the cocaine would have been found once Davis was arrested for DUI (which offense the officer was investigating at the time of the pat-down), and we therefore affirm.

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