State v. Scott

Beasley, Judge.

This appeal and cross-appeal are the result of the trial court’s partial grant of defendants’ motion to suppress evidence.

Law enforcement officials in Tift County were apprised that defendant Scott, a fugitive from North Carolina, was suspected to be in the county. GBI Agent Rakestraw received information from an undercover agent that Scott could be apprehended at Angelia Johnson’s residence known as the “cabin in the pines.” He was also informed that a black male known only as “Ricky” was at the residence and that a loaded .44 caliber rifle was kept by the front door of the…