Powell v. State

Smith, Presiding Judge.

We granted the application of Eric Demetrius Powell for interlocutory review after denial of his motion to suppress. In this appeal, we are called upon to consider the scope of the search allowed by OCGA § 17-5-1 (a), authorizing a search incident to arrest. After review of the relevant law and the facts established at the hearing on Powell’s motion to suppress, we conclude that the arresting officers’ search of the bedroom in which Powell was arrested was reasonable under the circumstances presented here. We therefore affirm the trial court’s denial of the motion to…