LEON-VELAZQUEZ v. STATE

No. A04A1441.

605 S.E.2d 400 (2004)

269 Ga. App. 760

LEON-VELAZQUEZ v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

September 28, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whitmer & Law, George H. Law III, for appellant.

Jason J. Deal, District Attorney, Alison W. Toller, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


PHIPPS, Judge.

In a bench trial based on stipulated facts, Taurino Leon-Velazquez was found guilty of possession of cocaine and possession of a firearm in the commission of a crime. On appeal, Leon-Velazquez contends that the evidence against him was illegally obtained as a result of a warrantless entry into his home. We agree and reverse.

In reviewing a ruling on a motion to suppress, we construe the evidence most favorably toward upholding the trial court...

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