Popple v. State

ALDERMAN, JAMES E., Senior Justice.

The trial court adjudicated defendant, Tedd J. Popple, guilty of possession of cocaine and of possession of drug paraphernalia after he had pled nolo contendere and reserved the right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress physical evidence. We affirm the judgment below and the denial of defendant’s motion to suppress.

State’s witness, Officer Tim Wilmoth testified at the suppression hearing that on June 4, 1991, at about 12:55 p.m. he was investigating an abandoned stolen car which was located one block from a secluded high crime area. He noticed the…