Collier v. State

Banke, Presiding Judge.

The defendant was convicted of two counts of violating the Georgia Controlled Substances Act and one count of escape from lawful custody. On appeal, he contends that the trial court erred in dismissing as untimely his motion to suppress the evidence which formed the basis for his arrest and conviction on the drug charges.

Based on an unidentified informant’s tip to the effect that the defendant was currently in possession of cocaine, police officers stopped his vehicle and subjected him to what was described as a patdown search for weapons. This search resulted in the…