State v. Watkins

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant is charged by indictment with the offense of trafficking in cocaine. This is an appeal by the State from the grant of defendant’s motion to suppress evidence. Held:

On the morning of August 26, 1983, at approximately 10:45 a.m., Detective Mabe, responding to a suspicious person call, went to a shopping center parking lot. Officer Mabe found defendant and a female companion, both apparently asleep, in defendant’s legally parked automobile. After speaking to the merchants who had placed the call, Officer Mabe attempted to arouse defendant and his companion.…