Mason v. State

Andrews, Presiding Judge.

Edward Mason appeals from the judgment entered after a jury found him guilty of possession of cocaine. Mason argues that the trial court erred in allowing cocaine found on his person into evidence because the search exceeded the permissible scope of a pat-down for weapons. We agree and reverse.

Where, as here, evidence presented at a hearing on a motion to suppress is uncontroverted and there are no questions of credibility, we review de novo the trial court’s application of the law to undisputed facts. Vansant v. State, 264 Ga. 319, 320 (1) (443 SE2d 474) (1994).

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