Butler v. State

Miller, Judge.

Following a bench trial, Ira Lee Butler was convicted of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On appeal he contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence of the firearm that was found in plain view in his bedroom after he gave police permission to search the room. We discern no error and affirm.

When reviewing a trial court’s order on a motion to suppress and, as here, the salient facts are not in dispute, we apply a de novo standard of review to the trial court’s application of law to those facts. See Vansant v. State, 264 Ga. 319, 320…