Collins v. State

Miller, Judge.

Following a bench trial, Jonathan Allen Collins was convicted of possession of methamphetamine in violation of OCGA § 16-13-30 (a). Collins claims that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence seized in an allegedly unlawful search and in refusing to treat him as a first offender at sentencing. We discern no error and affirm.

In January 2005, a Houston County police officer was patrolling the parking lot of a store in Haynesville that had closed for the night when he noticed a truck with expired tags parked near a pay phone. Collins, who was a passenger in…