Gondor v. State

Eberhardt, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was convicted of possessing cocaine in violation of the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act (Code Ann. Ch. 79A-8) and now appeals. Held:

1. Defendant enumerates error on the denial of his motion to suppress evidence (cocaine seized by police officers from the map compartment of defendant’s automobile). The search and seizure was not made pursuant to a search warrant, and defendant contends the police officers had no probable cause to search the automobile and that "there was nothing in the agents’ knowledge that would have led a reasonably prudent man to believe that…