Satterfield v. State

Eldridge, Judge.

Following a Hall County bench trial, Larry Shane Satterfield was convicted of a single count of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. He was sentenced to five years probation, to serve the first six months under intensive supervision, and, among other special conditions of his probation, to pay a $2,000 fine. On appeal, the defendant challenges the denial of his motion to suppress the methamphetamine found on his person by police following a pat-down search variously arguing that the pat-down search was unlaw ful and that the arresting officers had neither…