Butler v. State

Pope, Judge.

Ira Lee Butler brings this appeal from his conviction and sentence of possessing less than one ounce of marijuana. The three enumerated errors challenge the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized during a warrantless search of his person. Held:

The record evidence is substantially without dispute. At 4:29 p.m. on Sunday, March 22, 1987 Detective Wilson of the Spalding County Sheriffs Department received a telephone call at his office from a confidential informant. The informant told Det. Wilson that Butler was in possession of a “quantity” of marijuana, “he…