Hall v. State, A94A2786
Decision Date | 06 February 1995 |
Docket Number | No. A94A2786,A94A2786 |
Citation | 216 Ga.App. 807,456 S.E.2d 56 |
Parties | HALL v. The STATE. |
Court | Georgia Court of Appeals |
David L. Whitman, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
Daniel J. Porter, Dist. Atty., Dan W. Mayfield, Asst. Dist. Atty., Lawrenceville, for appellee.
Eldanta Hall appeals from his conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. Hall was arrested after police officers entered the hotel room where he was living and found a bag of cocaine in his pocket and a container full of crack cocaine on the night stand.
1. In his first enumeration of error, Hall contends the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress the cocaine seized in the hotel room. In his motion, Hall asserted that At the suppression hearing, one of the officers testified that prior to going to the hotel, he had learned of an outstanding arrest warrant for Hall in another county. Although he had not seen the warrant at the time, and could not produce it at the hearing, the officer stated he called the other police department and "verified that the warrants were still outstanding" before proceeding to the hotel. Once at the hotel, the officer obtained a key to the room, and when he saw Hall walking towards the door, entered with the key and placed him under arrest. Upon searching Hall, the officer found the cocaine in his pocket and saw, "in plain view," the container of cocaine on the night stand.
At the hearing, the following exchange took place between defense counsel and the trial judge. After Hall urged the court two additional times that the State should be required to produce the arrest warrant, the court denied the motion.
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