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This Court granted a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Walker v. State, 323 Ga. App. 558 747 SE2d 51 2013, to determine if that Court erred in reversing the trial court’s denial of the motion to suppress evidence of cocaine found as a result of an encounter between a police officer and Ernest Walker, Sr. Finding that the Court of Appeals erred, we reverse that Court’s judgment.

According to the facts as found by the trial court after the hearing on Walker’s motion to suppress,1 Officer David Adriance, of the Warner Robbins Police Department, was patrolling an area near an elementary school at 12:12 a.m. on February 23, 2011; he had been advised to be on the lookout for a black male in dark clothing who was a suspect in the attempted theft of a motorcycle. Officer Adriance saw Walker, who was wearing a hooded blue sweatshirt and light-colored pants, on foot on the grounds of the school. Officer Adriance approached Walker, telling him to remove his hands from his pockets; rather than complying, Walker became verbally combative, yelled that he was “just trying to get home,” and “took off running through back yards, tossing stuff as he ran.” Officer Adriance gave chase and caught Walker; the items Walker discarded included crack cocaine and a pipe for smoking crack cocaine, which he sought to suppress. After a jury trial,2 Walker was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and obstruction of a law enforcement officer; these convictions were reversed by the Court of Appeals. Further facts may be found in the opinion of the Court of Appeals. Id.

 
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