FOSTER v. STATE

A93A0201.

208 Ga. App. 699 (1993)

431 S.E.2d 400

FOSTER v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied May 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lindsey & Jacobs, Tamara Jacobs, for appellant.

Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, James L. Wright III, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


JOHNSON, Judge.

Willie James Foster appeals from his conviction of possession of cocaine and the denial of his motion for a new trial.

1. Foster contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress the cocaine because it was seized pursuant to an illegal detention. "As a general rule, a police officer is authorized to make a brief, investigatory detention of an individual where the intrusion can be justified by specific, articulable facts...

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