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TUTU v. STATE

No. A01A1123.

555 S.E.2d 241 (2001)

252 Ga. App. 12

TUTU v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

October 12, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glyndon C. Pruitt, Buford, for appellant.

Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Shampa Banerji, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

BLACKBURN, Chief Judge.

Following a bench trial, Claudia Olympia Tutu appeals her convictions for possession of cocaine and marijuana, contending that the trial court should have suppressed all evidence of the illegal drugs because: (1) the police improperly searched her truck incident to the arrest of her passenger and (2) the police improperly searched her purse which was laying on the floorboard of the truck. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

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