Singer v. State

Deen, Chief Judge.

Jefferson Singer brings this appeal from his conviction of violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act (possession of methylenedioxyamphetamine).

1. Appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress because the evidence was taken from his person after an illegal arrest and that the search of his person by a female officer was an unreasonable search.

The evidence showed that appellant and his five male companions were arrested for criminal trespass on the roof of the Visual Arts Building of the University of Georgia. Earlier the young men…