Giddens v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Law enforcement officers, conducting drug-related investigations in Berrien County and Lowndes County, were conducting surveillances of certain residences. Defendant was placed under surveillance, after he visited one of these residences, and was trailed to a location in Berrien County where he disappeared into a field near the Georgia Sheriffs Boys Ranch. The officer, upon making inquiry at the ranch, learned the defendant’s identity and after reporting back to his superiors, returned the next day with additional officers to the field.

The field was surrounded by a…